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My mom-83 yrs old-had mild heart attack in april. she was put on warfarin 2.5 mg 2x daily. she's jehovah's witness-no blood trans-this too much med?
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Maybe: The only way to know if she is getting too much warfarin is to know how thin her blood is; usually denoted by a number called the inr. If her inr is above 2.75 she may be getting too much, but there are a lot of other things that have to be considered before i can recommend an ideal inr for her.
Answered 6/23/2014
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Variable: Persons on coumadin- warfarin need inr tested until quite stable.Each of us has a dose response, which can vary with diet, exercize, other medications etc.
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