[heartwood]

I wonder about the cost of this drug vs. warfarin.

Once I transported a patient who had an abdominal bleed while on warfarin. A drug that makes that less likely is highly desirable.

[ErnBatavia]

During my late Dad's last year when he was ultra-feeble, his requirment for constant blood tests, and the changes in coumadin dosage, it was becoming impossible to get him to the blood lab.

I called the cardio and he told me to just take him off and put him on two baby aspirins a day.

I ran to the pharmacist and he told me he knew of these changes all the time.

It's a racket to keep the blood labs busy in my opinion.

[traderrob6]

Why not use Plavix?

[goat granny]

Any one on heparin and not closely monitored by doctor with frequent blood work has a quack for a doctor...Very dangerous drug, once in a while we would get a patient in the hospital with too high heparin (found in blood test) Vitamin K if I remember correctly) reverses it quite quick.

But I wonder which came first, warfarin for rat poison or for human's...It does cause the rat to bleed to death.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

You can get warfarin as a generic (coumadin). Coumadin qualifies as a $4.00 generic under most pharmacy plans.