I take 12mg's for warfarin to achieve my target range of 2-3. Do anyone else take a dose this high?

[Mummy]

[lucky1]

I take 4mg M-F and 3mg S-S for an INR of 3.5 (average)

lucky1

[daisyd]

Yes I do depending on what I eat, I try to have the same amount of vit k.eating kewi fruit and other high foods, to make it the same.if I have a meal with no vegetables.

I have been on 11mgs, forgot the other day and got carried away drinking red wine, which i am sure effected my inr and it whent up to 4.5 I had it reduced to 10mgs, glad I have my own machine now, as I felt I was above my inr level which should be 3.5 ish.

mind you it was a very nice I really enjoyed.

I will stick with gin now of a week or two.

Love Karen xx

[Mummy in reply to daisyd]

Hi Karen, so can I double check, you have lots of vegetables to lower your amount of warfarin?

Vegetables dont seem to make any difference to me

Sara

[jessielou in reply to Mummy]

Hi hon

vegetables tend to lower inr as they can contain vit k which is a blood clotting vit. So would possibly increase your warfarin. Being regular with diet is important to us sludge bloods.

I take between 8 and 11 mg to stay about 2.5 which is too low for me. Keeping it stable is a nightmare as everything interferes with my inr.

I hope you feeling well today.

Take care gentle hugs love n hugs sheena xxxxxxx

[Lesley_D in reply to jessielou]

Hmm interesting, I was told to avoide broccoli, dark greens, kale and spinnach - of which I love them all.... but I do try to eat lots of veg and fruit..... so is this good or not so good?

Smiles

Lesley

[Lesley_D in reply to daisyd]

does gin not effect your INR like Red wine? ..... Ooppps I shared a bottle of Red yesterday and a couple of glasses of port!.... had my INR Checked today 4.1 which was down on last week BUT back to the question in hand, I take 8mg Mon - Sat and 7 Sun for a target of 3 - 4 sort of staying at the at the 4 end of my target so far

Smiles to all

Lesley

[taffydaffy]

Hi

We are all different I have been as high as 12 mg and my lowest is 5 mg and my INR is 3.5 - 4 take care x

[Christiaan]

Yup, I currently take 15mg to achieve a target INR of 2.5.

Last year I was averaging 18mg for the same target. So doses can be high and they do tend to fluctuate with respect to diet and exercise.

All the best.

[Eliza_E]

Yup, I'm the exact same. 12mg of wrf for about 8 months now to maintain at 2-3; in reality, it fluctuates from 2.1 to 2.9; kep meaning to kep diary fo what I eat and stress levels to try adn understand fluctuation but haven't manged to do this yet. Don't know if height/weight are a factor? AT 5ft6 in, I'm generally around 10 stone adn could be , frankly, a lot fitter. Hauling my 18month around helps a bit iwh this but am intending to get bak on my hike now the better weather's her (Hooray!) All best wishes.

[Lesley_D in reply to Eliza_E]

Since being unwell my weight has gone ballistic and I am at my heaviest of all time, even when 9 month pregnant I didn't get this heavy 5'5" and 12 stone - albeit been on regular steroids too

[Gadgets]

I take 5mg Warfarin to get INR 4.5 to 5

[dulcie]

My target is 2.7 wiht a range of 2.5 to 3. I take 11mg and 12mg alternate days. The anti congulate nurse dropped the dose to 10mg than my INR dropped to 2. so i would say yuo are on the right dose.