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Engineering student designing a new anticoagulant monitoring device
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Warfarin's cost has been steadily creeping up for the past year or so. I used to get 90 day supply, without insurance, for about $10...
Yesterday at 2:40 PM
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Engineering student designing a new anticoagulant monitoring device
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A RELIABLE device that doesn't require a small incision wouldn't be bad - if at all possible. But when compared to the blood glucose...
Tuesday at 2:42 PM
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Engineering student designing a new anticoagulant monitoring device
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It looks like you're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. The issue is with blood collection -- Pellicle's rubber band (or...
Tuesday at 2:28 PM
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More medical ignorance about anticoagulation
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Who knows? My most recent Covid tests were all negative. I don't think there's any residual from the Covid I had in 2022. I don't know...
Tuesday at 2:11 PM
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Back on the merry-go-round, or just caffeine?
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Thanks
Tuesday at 2:04 PM
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Back on the merry-go-round, or just caffeine?
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I don't think so - but even without osteoporosis, a fall from four feet into the side of a steel bathtub would probably break ribs. I...
Tuesday at 2:03 PM
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Back on the merry-go-round, or just caffeine?
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INR was 3.7 -- a bit higher than usual (for some reason, I may have taken an extra dose of warfarin - and I NEVER do this). The extra...
Monday at 9:02 PM
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Back on the merry-go-round, or just caffeine?
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New update - 9/25/23 - TIA two weeks ago - no known cause. Five days ago -- two broken ribs. Isn't life fun?
Monday at 6:19 PM
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ablation question
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I had two ablations a few years ago. One seemed to help. The other, not so much. My electrocardiologist wanted to do another - but it...
Monday at 6:16 PM
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I don’t know what to do anymore
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I've written about this before. I was in the second row at a press conference. One of the participants in the row in front of me, and a...
Sep 19, 2023
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More medical ignorance about anticoagulation
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I realize that Jantoven is a generic for Warfarin. In the past, when I was using it, I wasn't able to get good control of my INR...
Sep 19, 2023
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More medical ignorance about anticoagulation
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GW -- if you somehow let your INR drop 'below 1.0' (if this is possible), you have a REAL problem. Testing weekly should catch any...
Sep 17, 2023
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More medical ignorance about anticoagulation
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I've been taking low dose ASA at bedtime for years. I have no idea WHY I had this ischemic event. Blood pressure was good, INR was in...
Sep 15, 2023
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Protimenow
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More medical ignorance about anticoagulation
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Of course. As I think I said earlier, some of this may have come from my father and his father.
Sep 15, 2023
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More medical ignorance about anticoagulation
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Again, I don't know that raising my INR slightly - closer to 4 would make any difference in risk of TIAs. There's no reason why, with an...
Sep 14, 2023
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