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Jane - 11 Apr 2008 13:55 GMT

My husband takes Coumadin. Every four weeks he has to have his INR
checked. Whenever he is having anything done that may involve
bleeding he is taken off Coumadin and put on Lovenox.

My question is - how come they never require an INR or PT level with
Lovenox no matter how long he's on it?

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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 11 Apr 2008 14:06 GMT

> My husband takes Coumadin. Every four weeks he has to have his INR
> checked. Whenever he is having anything done that may involve
> bleeding he is taken off Coumadin and put on Lovenox.
>
> My question is - how come they never require an INR or PT level with
> Lovenox no matter how long he's on it?

Lovenox does not affect PT/INR.

The reason for its use where there might be acute bleeding from a
procedure is because its blood thinning effect is more controllable/
predictible just by knowing the dose received plus it wears off
quicker.

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Jane - 12 Apr 2008 01:30 GMT

On Apr 11, 9:06 am, "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD"
<heartdo...@emorycardiology.com> wrote:

> > My husband takes Coumadin. Every four weeks he has to have his INR
> > checked. Whenever he is having anything done that may involve
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> Lawful steward ofhttp://EmoryCardiology.com
> A latter-day disciple of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/DiscipleNow

Too bad they can't make it in pill form so it could be used instead of
Coumadin.

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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 12 Apr 2008 03:38 GMT

>Andrew, in the Holy Spirit, boldly wrote:
> >
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> Too bad they can't make it in pill form so it could be used instead of
> Coumadin.

The pharmaceutical industry has been and continues to work on coming
up with something better than warfarin.

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http://TheWellnessFoundation.com/BeHealthier

Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit,

Andrew <><
--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com
A latter-day disciple of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/DiscipleNow

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