Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
My INR has been up and down since my surgery in March. Seems more stable now, but I'm still testing every week or so. For the most part, I have been increasing my dose to keep my INR in range.
Usually I take my warfarin in the evening. My husband thinks that as soon as I find out I'll need to up my dose, I should take the increase. So, for example, if I normally take 6mg and my doc wants me to increase to 7mg, he thinks I should take the extra 1mg right away, even if it isn't time for my dose. His theory is that taking the extra right away will start to boost my INR right away.
I'm not sure it'll make much of a difference if I take the extra 1mg at noon or at eight that night, but I do like the idea of bumping my INR up faster.
Any thoughts?
Usually I take my warfarin in the evening. My husband thinks that as soon as I find out I'll need to up my dose, I should take the increase. So, for example, if I normally take 6mg and my doc wants me to increase to 7mg, he thinks I should take the extra 1mg right away, even if it isn't time for my dose. His theory is that taking the extra right away will start to boost my INR right away.
I'm not sure it'll make much of a difference if I take the extra 1mg at noon or at eight that night, but I do like the idea of bumping my INR up faster.
Any thoughts?
Hugs
Ferr
The reason I take my dose at night is so that if I do have to make an adjustment, I can do it the same day of the test. If I took it in the a.m., then got tested, I'd have to wait to the next day to adjust.
So Toss, if you're changing the dose the same day as you test, it's probably just as well to keep to your normal pattern.
With my luck, I'd forget I took the booster dose and o.d.
I was told to take my warfarin at night for the very reason LauraLu does: if you need to make an adjustment because of your inr level that morning, you can make the change at night. I was also told NEVER to make the adjustment until your normal dose time - no matter how little the change is.