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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

New update - 9/25/23 - TIA two weeks ago - no known cause. Five days ago -- two broken ribs. Isn't life fun?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Of course. As I think I said earlier, some of this may have come from my father and his father.

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...