Warfarin and Vitamin K: New Book Out Now
October 5, 2016
Warfarin and Vitamin K: New Book Out Now My new book ‘Warfarin and the effects of Vitamin K and Protein’ is now available. The eagerly anticipated next chapter in my journey as a warfarin user is out now. In this new book I explore Warfarin and Vitamin K interactions...
Pioneering new treatment of acute stroke patients
Pioneering new treatment of acute stroke patients 8 September 2016 - A pioneering new treatment of acute stroke patients is being trialed around the world. People are being treated with a high tech 'cooling' bodysuit as part of their early stage treatment after...
INR stability unachievable for most patients?
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...Stroke survival chances boosted by taking aspirin or warfarin
Stroke survival chances boosted by taking aspirin or warfarin 10 August 2016 - Stroke survival chances can be boosted by taking aspirin or warfarin. A study by Aberdeen University has found that the chance of surviving, and recovering, from a stroke can be greatly...
I think that I forgot to take my Warfarin!
June 2, 2016
I think that I forgot to take my Warfarin! For a scary moment I couldn’t remember if I forgot to take my Warfarin, or not… … I don’t think I forgot to take my Warfarin, but I can’t remember taking the pills. It’s now 9 o’clock at night. I try to think how many...
Alcohol 
Alcohol Can I drink alcohol while taking warfarin? - a very common question! It is generally accepted that drinking large amounts of alcohol can increase the effect of warfarin. For this reason warfarin patients should avoid excessive alcohol intake and...
Stopping my dose
April 29, 2016
Stopping my dose Continued from my previous post regarding stopping my dose of warfarin. Usually if my INR is high then they try to reduce my dose by 1mg. This can take a bit of time to come down doing it this way. I wonder how quickly this will reduce my dose and...
Stopping my Warfarin
April 27, 2016
Just had my INR results back. In fact they phoned me! Wondered if the alarms had gone off or something. Usually I have to call in a couple of days for my results. Getting a call the next day can get a woman all worried! Dealing with a High INR So, I had my bloods...
