INR stability unachievable for most patients?

17 August 2016 -  

Achieving long term INR stability may be harder than we thought.

Duke University have carried out a study involving people who have been on warfarin long term.  This suggests that as few as a third of those taking the drug will have continuous INR stability. This means that the majority of warfarin users will at some point experience a major fluctuation in their INR, taking them out of their therapeutic range.

To find out more, take a look at these articles which examine the study in more detail,

Warfarin Control Over Time Is Shaky Even in Those Who Are Initially Stable by Todd Neale

Most long-term warfarin patients won’t retain stable blood levels by Janna Lawrence