Warfarin Question

crisgal | 16:18 Fri 04th Jan 2013 | Body & Soul

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Does increasing a warfarin dose mean the inr number would be higher or lower?

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Sqad

High INR.....higher chance of bleeding.
Low INR......low chance of bleeding.

So.......increase the dose of Warfarin........increases the INR.

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That's really helpful sqad thank you. What does inr actually stand for? X

international normalised ratio

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Thanks x

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