I found a few things relevant to stuff we have been discussing. Noticed he used the phrase 'thins the blood'. He talked about the risks of bleeding and the anticoagulant making it worse. "Anticoagulation isn't without risks, when you start a person on anticoagulation the risk is bleeding, you may increase the risk of bleeding"
"Individualised risk stratification" sounds like a good idea. I think my kidneys are alright but I hope some of you will find it useful.
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Physalis thank you for posting this. An excellent and informative post. I was once told in A&E that my kidney function was bordering on abnormal, but it's not been spoken about for years now. Can only hope that healthy eating has helped.
I have bloods monitored for both liver and kidney function, used to be monthly but as they have been stable I have now gone to every 3 months because of COVID.
Before starting on any drug there should be a baseline kidney function taken - I thought this would be automatic for anyone on anticoagulants? I know if you only take a/c’s it is tested 6 monthly but when you start taking other drugs which need to clear your system the monitoring needs to increase.
I’ve just received a letter from my neurologist confirming that I can continue to take my Mg drugs for exactly that reason.
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