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Warfarin Tests at the Chemists
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One hears that the new system is showing up odd readings and people are going back for Hospital testing. Hs anyone any experience.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.My husband goes to the GP practice nurse for his Warfarin check every week, two weeks depending on the reading. He receives his results and how much dosage he has to take, through the post. I didn't know it could be done a the Chemist, but I think he would prefer to have it done at the Doctors' surgery.
I didn't know that boxtops, we are very fortunate then. Just to let you know askyour gran, in August a new medication called Dabigatran (brand name Pradaxa) will be available on prescription instead of Warfarin. It has less side effects with no measuring or monitoring and has shown 30% reduction in strokes in the research group. NICE have put off allowing the NHS prescribing it as it's far more expensive, but due to pressure from a number of Cardiologists they have recently allowed it's use.
Although I don't take Warfarin it was a very common prescription for those at risk of strokes. Because it had been used for so long it developed a reputation for being an old-fashioned remedy. I remember a dear old colleague who had been on Warfarin for years. His GP retired and the new, young replacement scorned such treatment and stopped his Warfarin. Although by then in his late 70s he was very fit and active. 6 days later he died of a massive stroke. There is a lesson here: the fact that something may have been prevalent for ages does not lessen its efficiency.
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