Inr

[Nenaperu1]

Hi, I'm taking 4mg of wafarin and my inr is 1.4. Is that good

[silemoran]

Your I N R range is made by your warfarin clinic and your warfarin is dose is to suit check with your warfarin clinic

[tassie]

1.4 sounds very low. Most of us here would be aiming for at least 2.5 and 3.0-4.0 is a common range for those with APLS so checking with your medical team would be a good idea. The amount of warfarin it takes to get to the right INR varies from person to person so the amount others are taking is not relevant to you. It really is a case of trial and error to get the right dose for you.

Warfarin is affected by so many things so even when you get onto a dose that gives you a good INR something like a change in diet, sickness, medication, stress or any number of things might cause the INR to go up or down .... no simple answers I'm afraid

[GinaD]

Few treatments can be more particularly individualistic then warfarin therapy. Most of us Hughies prefer higher INRs but that therapeutic number often changes in patients as our disease progresses over the years. Are you feeling better at 1.4?

[rlupus]

Hi that seems very low i have APS and have had so many clots my range should be the higher end of 4.5 to 5.5 i take anything from 40mg to 50mg daily and my readings are still low i have to have my bloods checked twice a week for life.

My GP says its the lupus and all the different medication i am on that makes it go up and down it never seems to stabilise.

Take care

[Bonnie39]

I believe the normal INR for people without intervention is 1. After 3 days of heparin (18,000) and 12mg warfarin my level has only gone up to 1.2. The clinic were unhappy with this and increased warfarin to 12mg and Im to carry on with the heparin. I cannot wait to just be on warfarin. Im hoping that the lupus clinic will put me on hydroychloroquine so I can lower the warfarin.

But I have to wait until January for that!

The anticoag nurse wants my INR between 2 and 3, but reading here I think that may be a bit low.

[Lure2]

Warfarin in itself has few sideeffects. So it is not so important how many mg of warfarin you take. It is very individual.

Important is however to keep the INR in range otherwise it can be trouble.

Take care. Kerstin

[Tiggercat]

My husband is on 12-13mg warfarin a day depending on the day of the week. His INR is set as 2.5-3.5 but we try and keep it around 3.2 (above 3). It quite often sits at 2.9-3.1 which is good. It took him quite a while to get it up there even from 2.3 which used to be his norm.

What we found is that if it goes up too quickly it has a tendancy to "bounce" as it gets adjusted, but if it goes up a little more slowly then it seems to stay a little more stable. (for him anyway, others will be different).

It took him 3-4 weeks of LWMH last time, before he was ok to come off with a stable INR.

He says the jabs do did easier as he relaxed more about giving them, and when he realised how much it could save his life, he just "got over it, and did it".