[TribalPrincess2U]

What’s INR readings? I’m on Plavix so maybe I shouldn’t drink tea?

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

INR

http://www.cigna.com/healthwellness/hw/medical-tests/prothrombin-time-and-inr-hw203083

http://www.med.umich.edu/cvc/services/site_anticoag/warfarincoumadindiet.pdf

[SuziQ]

INR is a reading for something in the blood for folks on blood thinners, like Coumadin or Warfarin. There is a level range that is supposed to be maintained, but I can't remember what it is. You have to go once a week to watch it. I was on them from time to time when my A-Fib would kick up, and I would need to have a Cardiac Electro-Conversion. I'm going in for a Cardiac Ablation tomorrow, and the doc has me on a different blood thinner called Xarelto. It doesn't have the same issues as coumadin, apparently, and you don't have to have blood tests every week.

Plavix is used to prevent blood clots after a heart attack, or a stroke, but I don't know how that differs from either Coumadin or Warfarin.