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My wife is on warfarin for three years now, with INR 2.8 (she has AVR and therapeutic range is 2 to 3). She has a sudden feeling of dizziness. Is that indicative of bleeding ?? But I cannot find any bruises. Thanks

My wife had some bright red blood together bowel movements, bleeding stops very quickly. She has hemorrhoids (piles). I wonder if this was aggravated by warfarin she is taking or is this a more serious condition and require a trip to the doctor??

What is the chance of a mother with BAV passing it on to her children ?? Or maybe, it is not hereditary ??

With advice from forum users about "Dosing the diet", I think i am pretty confident of planning a diet. However, drug interaction seems scary - looks like half the drugs potentiate and the other half reduces the effects of warfarin, so we have an infection, we are in trouble?? Again, for the...

my wife had avr in Singapore, bustling cosmopolitan city with excellent affordable medical services. She is now on life long warfarin, brand MAREVAN. But we shall be going home to Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia (northern Borneo island), with reasonable access to reasonable medical services...

My 60yr old wife had AV replaced with St Jude Regent 19mm on 6thAug 2010. She is now taking 2mg warfarin daily. I have noted recent reports of artery calcification and osteoporsis associated with warfarin. I understand that Vit K is necessary for vascular and bone health. My question is can...