I’m going to ask the doctor why they are changing medications but I assume there would be a good reason for it.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2021, at 8:39 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I have several work associates, and my mother-in-law is on Coumadin. It > seems like once they get you dialed in by taking those couple of blood tests, > you’re good to go. > Mind the sawbones. > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 6, 2021, at 6:29 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I've been taking Prasugrel for the last 2 and a bit years. It doesn't >> require regular testing for which I am thankful. >> >> -Curt >> >> On Thursday, May 6, 2021, 9:25:55 AM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> The evidence for the DOACs like Xarelto for antiphopholipid antibody is not >> as strong as the evidence for warfarin. There is some suggestion that >> Xarelto etc may not work as well for arterial clots, though they both seem >> to work OK for venous clots. Anyway it has not been super well studied but >> until there is a good study showing comparable efficacy with both drugs in >> a large number of patients, the recommendation will likely continue to be >> for warfarin. At least that is my understanding. >> >>> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 6:18 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> As you may recall a while back I was in the hospital due to blood clots. >>> They put me on Xarelto. It was still a mystery as to why this happened in >>> the first place. My primary doctor sent me to a cancer doctor to figure it >>> out. Went back to him for the 2nd time last week to run tests. Turns out I >>> evidently have something called antiphospholid antibody syndrome. They are >>> moving me from Xarelto to Coumadin for some reason which will require me to >>> get blood tests weekly for a few weeks then monthly after. I guess I will >>> ask but not sure why they would take me off the newer state of the art >>> blood thinner that requires no testing to this older cheaper medication >>> that does. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
