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Prescription Assistance: When Patients Can’t Afford a Medication
Beth Waldron, Program Director of the Clot Connect project, writes…. While the cost of some outpatient anticoagulation therapies can be substantial, failure to take an anticoagulant medication as prescribed can have serious, even deadly, consequences. Links to resources which may help patients when they are prescribed an anticoagulant that they cannot afford is available in this article.…
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Coumadin Clinics – Finding One Near You
If you are on warfarin (Coumadin®, Jantoven®) you need to be followed in a structured way to optimize your warfarin therapy and minimize the risk for bleeding and clotting. The “thinness” of your blood needs to be determined on a regular basis with a test called INR (International Normalized Ratio; also referred to as PT, protime,…
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Hair Loss on Warfarin
How common is it? Hair loss is a known side effect of warfarin (Coumadin®, Jantoven®), but has hardly been studied [ref 1]. Solid data on how frequently it occurs, on its time-course, and on treatments are not available. Mild hair loss appears to be common, severe hair loss uncommon, complete hair loss has not been…
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