Search results

I promised everyone to report back the results when I started my Vitamin K experiments. It is now 5 months after the start and I feel that I got it pretty much under control. I started out with an INR of 2.6 and a dose of 8 mg per day, after which I started to take 50 mcg of Vit k2 everyday...

We basically agree. I said in an earlier reply "The only defendable approach would be to aim at the middle of your range"

Dear Eva, Thanks for your message and sorry to hear about your experience. If in general it would be better to be at a higher INR then why are the recommended INR ranges not increased? I guess because it is all about balance. You dont want to be at risk for stroke but you also dont want to...

Hello Luana, I prefer to be in the lower end of my range because I have hobbies which put me at higher risk for bleeding events. The general opinion seems to be you are better off at a higher INR. I agree that falling below range is not a smart thing to do but as long as it is within range I...

Thanks Protime. I am already back above 2.0 and was below for just 2 days. I upped my dose a tiny bit to prevent falling below 2.0 in future.

A bit of an update: I am about 10 days in and still testing everyday. There seems to be a slow decrease of my INR but the actual effect will be hard to tell with several other factor influencing my INR. I started at INR 2.5 and was at 1.7 two days ago. The day after, the INR was already on its...

Nothing wrong with being technical and appreciate all the concern. The things is; going on opinions here, scientifc studies or what ever information is available, some of it seems to be contradicting so it will be very hard to draw conclusions. Most people and even scientific papers seem to be...

This thread has become quite technical and some of it is above my head. For me New Mitral is the living proof that the small dose of Vit K2 will not likely cause a dangerous drop in INR. I started the test yesterday with a "safe" 50 mcg dose. INR was 2.6 , today's test gave a 2.5 which is...

I have been searching the internet and am getting contradicting information. I just took the first 50 mcg Vit K2 tablet, my INR is 2.6 and was 2.4 two days ago. If Pellicle is right, there will not be much effect but then at least there are still the other benefits of the vit K2. I am kind...

Hi Protime, Appreciate your concern. I am not actually aiming at exactly 2.0 because than I would definitely drop below 2.0 at times. I just rather be at or lower than 2.5 instead of above. I have checked my meter against lab results and the maximum deviation found was 0.2 and yes the lab came...

Dear Pellicle, Thanks for your feedback. Reading on the forum I got the impression that vitamin K2 would just be as effective as K1 to stabilize INR but that it has some additional benefits. Now you got me thinking and I will dig a bit deeper into the subject before I start off my tests...

Thanks for the responses. Maybe I will change to only taking the vit K. and self test a bit more before I do anything to the warfarin dose. It will definitely be nice to know how much effect the 50 mcg will have in points on the INR. The reason why I am considering to up my dose first is...

Well..it was difficult to find a store which held the vitamin K. I ended up ordering from Singapore. I expected problems at Thai customs but it came right through. The tablets are vitamin K2 50mcg from Newton-Everett. Now I am trying to think of a decent way to start them of without getting out...

Welll..it is not what it used to be...I am not sparring or anything like that...it would not be smart to voluntarily take hits to head an body...I just keep doing it for fitness...kicking bags/pads and stuff like that...

Makes me think...after surgery and being on warfarin I have had something similar twice...did not get as big as a grapefruit but almost the size of a tennis bal...I never thought of it to be related to warfarin...went to see doctor and he thought it was due to an insect bite or something...

Dear Friends, I am trying to find tablets with vitamin-K. I want to start taking these to reduce the effect of changes in my daily vitamin-K intake. Several members here are doing the same and apparently getting some benefit from it. I have been searching for vitamin K only tablets and for...

I guess it is all a big balancing act...I don’t want to be at risk for a stroke but with taking the additional risk of bleeding I also don’t want to be at the high end of my range...If I had a choice I would pin it down at 2.2 or 2.3 as in my comparison tests with lab results, I found the...

Hi Ski girl, Good to hear you are ok..I love reading how you continue to enjoy your life and are not afraid to take a bit of risk here and there. I am trying to do the same...have since a few months been back on a motocross bike...I promised myself to stay at a safe pace and not take too much...

I tested this quite a bit after surgery..the first few times I tested on the night I was drinking...after 2 beer..then 4 beer...then 6 beer..the inluence on my INR was minimal...Also testing the next day and a few days later did not have big effects...Now I dont test so much anymore...and...

I just did a similar trip from Thailand to the US with 13 hours time difference..I also tried to stick to my "home time" of taking warfarin (5 PM)...problem was that it would mean taking it at 4 in the night which is not convenient...I ended up taking it around 7 AM which is only a few hours...