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The study makes me wonder how many people were hurt by following On-X recommendations for low INR ranges. The suggestion that 1.5 - 2.0...

Your doctor was wrong when he told you that NSAIDS are antagonistic to warfarin. What the NSAIDs do is make your platelets 'less...

My keyboard tends to add characters when I type - I have to get a different keyboard. Thanks, 3mm, for the correction.

At one time, they thought that testing every month was adequate. Current thinking is that testing should be done weekly -- I usually...

I don't think I would be comfortable walking around with a diagnosed ascending aortic aneurysm (although I think I might be - but a...

I’ve changed dentists. My former dentist emailed my x-rays to my new dentist. No new x-rays needed.

I was in Las Vegas for Comdex in 1998 (IIRC). My wife went to our dentist for a 'simple' procedure - after an hour or so, digging at her...

I don't know how prevalent home testing was when this book was written - or even if there were home test machines. I had a copy of the...

Instead of giving out incorrect information, they should have just trashed them.

In my post that started this thread, I noted that my 'new' (maybe former?) dentist told me that the current standard was to NOT...

Eva: When was this? Recently? They should have given you a Coaguchek XS instead of the book full of obsolete assumptions and recipes...

I got a copy on eBay years ago. IIRC, at one time Roche was giving it away - or selling it. As others have said it WAS an 'avoid...

A few things: You probably don't have to test 'every 3 days' -- many (most?) of us do weekly testing, and it's working out well for...

I found a vendor who often has discounted meters -and seems to have a pretty good price (including strips) for the newest meter - the...

If you're able to self test and self manage - get a meter. If you need management help, get a meter - you can get help here. But it's...