You have to be tested quite regularly so the medical people know the best doze to have you on so that you keep in a range of what is called INR. Basically if its too low then your clotting too quickly, if its too high then your clotting too slowing.Obviously if you are clotting to quickly there is increased chances of a heart attack or stroke and if your not clotting quick enough then there is a danger of an internal bleed occurring.
When you first go on the drug the testing is fairly regular but after a time when your body has got use to the drug the periods between testing can be as long as two or three months. The drug is an effective drug that will not give any problems as long as you respect it. Eat regular meals, don`t drink things like grapefruit and cranberry juice, stay off the drugs like asprin for instance that the doctors will tell you to and don`t drink alcohol except for special and rare occasion's.
There are risks going on Warfarin as it can occasionally cause serious complications but the risks you run not taking it when the doctors say you should are even greater.
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