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dodgy tummy!!

Annie46
Annie46
I am on warfarin long term and have found that - since taking it - my stomach has been very delicate. I lost a lot of weight during my serious illness (PE) and never regained the 'too big' appetite that I had before.

I find that I have nearly always got a bad tummy. The worst of it is Diarrhoea (yuk). I don't feel ill with it and mild tummy tablets seem to get rid of it - but was wondering if this is common. I've mentioned it to several dr's who all seem to be fairly flippent about it and I feel I might be making a mountain out of a molehill.

I keep hydrated and try to eat sensibly but find that salads upset me more than chips and curry do!!!
rmb
rmb
Some reported side effects from warfarin are stomach/GI upset. The fiber in salads and veg may be harder on your gut.

Curry... YUM.
tifconaway
tifconaway
I have only been on it since mid June, but every day my stomach is not great. I take a pepcid almost once a day. hate taking meds, but sometimes just too uncomfortable. Your other issue of doctors attitides, I just keep asking and asking until they give me an answer, nurses are good to talk to even the people that draw blood. Sometimes I have so many questions, I write them down and I still don't remember to ask them all, or get decent answers. I am not sure it matters what you eat or not eat, I think it is the medication? I wish you the best!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I think a lot of it could be stress. Everyone's body reacts to stress differently. Stay away from the salads for awhile; eat more bland. I'd give it a couple months and if things don't get better see a gastro doctor about it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'll weigh in on this, pun intended! I am now off of warfarin for 3 months, but still experience that delicate stomach you wrote about. For me it has been a blessing. I used to have a cast-iron stomach and could eat anything. And I have the extra lbs to prove it. Now I have to be really careful about what I put in there, and in which combinations. But i have lost 35 lbs so far!

A few tips: the best advice I ever got was rmb's to drink lots of water. I drink 3-4 times the amount of water i used to, and it has helped with so many little issues. Also, I take a MILD pro-biotic capsule every morning. I found out that I was havng a low-grade internal bleed in my stomach and that was throwing off the balance of little "creatures" in my stomach. Once I reestablished that balance after a few months, things got much better.

Now I'm back to worrying about NOT eating everything! Seriously, between the MILD (some out there are way too strong) pro-biotic and watching the combinations of what I eat, things are much better. Best of luck.
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