That is an excellent question, I have never read of anything that stated what you are asking. Are you still having INR tests? I guess that would be one of the ways to tell how your vit k intakes affects your blood. I guess that would be a question for any of the members who are still here that don't take anticoagulants anymore, or your doctor...

hey there, I've been wondering this too... a good friend of mine is a nutritional therapist and she said I could go back to "normal" and advised I take vitamin E suppliments (not to be took while on warfarin though).

Also, the only reason you have to be constant with vitamin K intake is so that it doesn't cause drastic shifts in the INR value, so when you're off warfin that won't apply so you won't have to be as ridgid.

I'll ask my nutritionalist friend some more advice on this one, as the time to come off warfarin is very near for me so would be curious too as to what the do's and don'ts are for life after coumadin!! Will get back to you...

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You can go back to eating whatever you want, whenever you want. Vitamin K affects how our body uses warfarin, not how our body clots.
I will admit, getting back to eating w/o planning was a big perk of comin off drugs!

Yeah! Sounds good to me!

Vitamin K thickens your blood though. I don't understand why that wouldn't effect your blood afterwards and would only effect Warfarin. I wasn't ever told to avoid Vitamin K, I was just told to keep it consistent. I haven't avoided or kept anything consistent and sure, my INR is a little funky sometimes, but for the past 3 times I've had it checked I have been at a 2.4. I hate hospital food and actually had salads the whole time I was in the hospital for my PE. My Dr. just noted that and adjusted my dosage accordingly. I don't have any clue about afterwards though because I will be on Coumadin indefinitely, so it was never a concern of mine. I would assume they would say not to worry about it, since you haven't heard anything otherwise, but I don't entirely trust Doctors.

hey again, yeah i think i agree with courtmuffin on the vitamin K thing, it helps synthesise protiens which aid the blood clotting process... and so taking warfarin partially inhibits this process. haven't a clue as to what that means for life after coumadin though!! just thought I'd throw that in there...

also, one other thing my friend (the nutritionalist...) told me is that it may help to eat garlic (raw or cooked) after coming off warfarin. it naturally and only slightly thins the blood a little, and is proven to help reduce things like heart attacks/strokes/ PEs and DVTs and so may help ease any worries about future blood clots. Can also take it in tablet form, like a suppliment. I've put my order in for a pack as I'm off the warf in about 4 weeks now and am bricking it!!!