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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
Blood Clot 61 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Prevent blood clotting 56 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 50 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) 27 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Atrial Fibrillation 19 4 Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Cardiomyopathy 13 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 236 patients currently taking Warfarin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 7
Mild
 17
None
 28

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

Bruising 9
Nosebleed(s) 2
Burning sensation 1
Menstrual cramps 1
Dry skin 1
Tachycardia (fast heart rate) 1
See all 15 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Warfarin. See all 38 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 8 Number of Patients: 8 18 Number of Patients: 18 17 Number of Patients: 17 11 Number of Patients: 11 83 Number of Patients: 83 17 Number of Patients: 17 34 Number of Patients: 34 5 Number of Patients: 5 28 Number of Patients: 28  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Warfarin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 22   Course of treatment ended: 43%
Doctor's advice 19   Doctor's advice: 37%
Other 5   Other: 10%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 6%
Did not seem to work 2   Did not seem to work: 4%
Not indicated 2   Not indicated: 4%

See all 48 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
0

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
0

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Warfarin

Always
 50 89%
Usually
 2 4%
Sometimes
 2 4%
Never
 2 4%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Warfarin

Very
 4 7%
Somewhat
 9 16%
A little
 13 23%
Not at all
 30 54%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Warfarin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 1 2%
< $25
 39 95%

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Report created on February 10, 2012.