Sorry Warfarin

This topic comes up with some regularity in the clot groups. Here's a discussion from a few months back:

http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Deep_Vein_Thrombosis_DVT/forum/14117653-drink

I was never a drinker, even on or off warfarin, so I don't have any good input on this. I know many of the lifers have a drink every so often ... some more than others! It is totally do-able, just don't get falling down drunk.

Ha ha I will keep that in mind. I am not a big drinker either - just when I am out socially with friends if it is okay to have one drink.

Most doctors would probably say one or two drinks is ok.

I was told that if you drink on a regular basis (every day) then thats ok because your body is used to alcohol being in your system so when you test your INR level it will be a steady level,
whereas if you binge dringe (say on a weekend) then this can mess your INR level up because your body isnt used to you drinking and as a natural blood thinner will mess your INR level up!
so basically i was told you either be an alcoholic or dont drink at all haha nightmare!
I think a cheeky drink now and again wont hurt anyone! they are more worried about people getting drunk, falling over and cutting themselves i think rather than messing the INR level up!

I don't drink every day, just on some weekends, and I will have anywhere from 1-4 drinks on a given night, depending on my mood, what I'm drinking, how long I'm out for the evening, whether I'm driving, if I've eaten, etc. I've never seen an impact to my INR. Of course some people may . But I think you're right, the bigger issue is to not drink so much that you become impaired, fall, hit your head, get in a fist fight, etc since being on warfarin can cause a bleeding issue.

I regularly drink sometimes 1 or 2 somtimes 5 or 6. it never seemed toaffect my inr,just dont fall down and hurt yourself.

Had a couple drinks on the weekend and my INR is still only 2.1. Guess it doesn't effect me too much!