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What is Warfarin?

Warfarin is an an anticoagulant used to prevent and treat venous and pulmonary clotting disorders; for clotting complications arising from atrial fibrillation or cardiac valve replacement; and to reduce the risk of stroke and recurrent myocardial infarction (MI).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Prevent blood clotting 70 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Blood Clot 63 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 49 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) 43 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Atrial Fibrillation 30 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome 21 3 Efficacy_major

See all 278 patients currently taking Warfarin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 8
Mild
 22
None
 33

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Warfarin

Bruising 10
Bleed easily 2
Nosebleed(s) 2
Headaches 1
Burning sensation 1
Menstrual cramps 1
See all 21 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Warfarin. See all 40 dosages ►

  1 mg daily 2 mg daily 2.5 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily 5 mg daily 6 mg daily 7.5 mg daily 8 mg daily 10 mg daily
  7 Number of Patients: 7 7 Number of Patients: 7 26 Number of Patients: 26 20 Number of Patients: 20 14 Number of Patients: 14 93 Number of Patients: 93 18 Number of Patients: 18 38 Number of Patients: 38 6 Number of Patients: 6 34 Number of Patients: 34  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Warfarin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 28   Course of treatment ended: 44%
Doctor's advice 23   Doctor's advice: 37%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 8%
Other 5   Other: 8%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 5%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 3%

See all 59 patients who’ve stopped taking Warfarin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Warfarin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Warfarin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Warfarin

Always
 59 88%
Usually
 4 6%
Sometimes
 2 3%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Warfarin

Very
 4 6%
Somewhat
 12 18%
A little
 17 25%
Not at all
 34 51%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Warfarin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 2 4%
< $25
 44 94%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.