I would need to know everything she is taking and that is not going to happen.
Actually you can take coumadin with most other meds. However, due to drug interactions it takes close monitoring of the INR, which is a measure of anticoagulation. Due to the interactions of some drugs one needs to adjust the dose of coumadin up or down depending on the interaction.
What I have always found odd is that she is taking warfarin to prevent a deep vein thrombosis from occurring again. There are other drugs that are equally effective but with minimal side effects and drug interactions as compared to coumadin. Dabigataran also called Pradaxa is one of these drugs. However, Pradaxa does not have an indication for someone with an artificial heart valve. For this, one must use coumadin.
I personally think Hillary has an artificial heart valve. If she does not, her doctors are idiots to use warfarin.
"I personally think Hillary has an artificial heart valve. If she does not, her doctors are idiots to use warfarin."
I am glad to find that someone finally said this. My husband had an artificial Aortic Valve for 17 yrs and he was on Coumadin. He had to have his pro-time checked every two weeks because his Pro-Time would keep changing. In 2010 they thought the artificial valve was not working properly so they replaced it with a pig valve. They found the artificial was still working but that scar tissue had built up around it closing it off. Since they put in a pig valve he has not had to take Coumadin. Thankful for that. Just a baby aspirin a day.
P.S. My husband never drank, and we pretty much ate the same things, so I don't know why his INR would keep changing.