i have been on warfarin since April 2008 when i had a clot in my ...

I've been on Warfarin for the past 25 years due to a heart attack at 18 and two open heart surgeries. I have had no adverse reactions to this medication. Yes it's a base of what is used to kill rats, but it must be safe or I wouldn't be here...right?

Hi Katmarie my name is chris and im 41 in 2002 i had a dvt that turned into a pe in my leg broke lose and went to my heart and then another went to my lungs both at the same time well come to find out i have a protien disfisencie c,s,and one other (thanks mom)LOL but since then ive been on warfin from 7.5 to 15 mg once a day and ive still have goten atlease 5 more clots in diffrent spots of my body ,and the side affects i get are almost the same as yours i get wicked light headed sweat real bad feel like im going to fall down cant think strait its like im shutting down and the only thing i can think of that cause that for me is the warfin i never had that happehed till i started taken warfin .and one other thing i can tell you to watch out for is for your bones getting weaker i work out and try to stay in good shape i found you can fight of clots better and faster if your in good shape so i was suprised when this happened to me i was running on the beach in florida with my chids(2) of them and i jumped not to high and when i lannded my leg snapped in 2 places and when i looked up and article on warfin it said that long time usege could cause bone weaknes but when i brought it to my doctors attention he said he never heard of that before but within a week of telling him i got all kinds of mail on how to prevent ostyporoses the bone desiese that is caused by warfin or comudin and i for one know its true i have two pins in my knee and a rod from the knee to the ankle and 2 pins in the ankle from it. But the way i get threw all this crap thats happening to me is i live for today and dont think of tommorrow i make the best of every day i have with my love ones because when god calls for you its your time to go and i want to enjoy every minute i can with my childs and wife, well i just read your story and i felt like writen you stay strong and be happy. best wishes
live strong
C.G.Getchell
getchmonky37@aol.com