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no reason to hold coumadin no reason to hold coumadin Print this link and give to your dentist: http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/full/134/11/1492

Ich Ich Another way to look at this study is that 80.23% of the patients in the study were not on warfarin when they had intracerebral hemorrhage.;)

neurology neurology Here is the link to the abstract: http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/71/14/1084 There were 258 patients with ICH. Only 51 were taking Warfarin. Of the 51 patients taking Warfin "Patients with INR >3.0 had greater hematoma volume (p = 0.02)." That is one...

Witzkeyman Witzkeyman Witzkeyman, Do you want to end up like my father or what? You need to find a medical professional that is up to date with current anticoagulation guidelines and understands how the coltting cascade works.

horror stories horror stories Marty, You know you can use my father's. Warren

Pharmacy Pharmacy Prescription error is one of the biggest causes of ADE's (Adverse Drug Events) leading to death or serious injury.

dental dental Denverman1, Why do the even want you to stop coumadin for upcomming tooth extractions. Read the following link: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/tuith/Static/info/warfarin.pdf You should print and give to your Dentist/Oral Surgeon

ONX trials ONX trials Zack, Are you enrolled in the ONX anticoagulation trials? If you are, what INR range are you enrolled in? If your not enrolled, what is your INR range?

weekly dosage amount weekly dosage amount Witzkeyman, How many day's have you had diarrhea? How long have you been on 25mg coumadin per week? They need to stop treating the symtoms of your diarrhea and find the cause and treat the cause. You need to see a specialist in that area. I am...

hog farm hog farm Marty, Maybe you should retire and we could open a Heparin only hog farm.;) As far as a simple hold, I think a monitored reduction would be safer..

go bucks go bucks Another Buckeye:D I'm also from Columbus. Who is your surgeon and what hospital?

on-x trial sites on-x trial sites For those of you in the United States, the below listed link 'Randomized On-X Anticoagulation Trial' list's the states/facilities that are involved in the trial. They also list the places that are still actively recruiting patients for the study...

oops oops Sorry if created any problems Ross:eek:

yes yes we both put that in.

thanks thanks Thanks all, I may have gone about this the wrong way, but more than anything I was just trying to get an idea on the current teachings to new physician's, med students, and residents and there attitudes along with trying to provide them with some real life problems in dealing...