Colonoscopy while on Coumadin

[Zoeey2011]

Hi, just wondering if anyone has had a colonoscopy while on Coumadin. Please let me know if you have to go off coumadin or not.

 

[pellicle]

A recent post on exactly this topic is here

http://www.valvereplacement.org/foru...the-first-time

I'm sure you'll find that ... informative. To my mind it goes like this:

1. seek the advice of the practitioners doing the procedure
2. if you don't trust them (or it sounds crazy) ask input from a coagulation therapy specialist

the primary issues are:

• what is your INR range
• what type of valve do you have
• what other complicators exist (say; deep vein thrombosis, atrial fib ...)

myself I may just discontinue warfarin for 1 or 2 days and then resume after the procedure. However I know myself fairly well

 

[marc_kowal]

I'm the lucky writer of that post that Pellicle linked. I start to adjust my meds and diet tomorrow. By the way, my instructions for after the procedure have changed since I first posted. I will now be taking both the Lovenox shots and my Warfarin together, until my INR gets back into my 2.5 - 3.5 range.

I'll let everyone knows how that this turns out. Gonna be loads of fun...NOT!