What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe dangers of mixing warfarin and paracetamol were noted 30 years ago yet doctors are still prescribing both together, even in specialist clinics where they should know better. ...
Since December 2003 I have been taking digoxin (187.5 mcg) every day for atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart rhythm. I have experienced several side-effects, including tiredness and lethargy, especially after food in the evening, a lack of...
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I have been very reluctantly taking warfarin for the past four years in connection with atrial fibrillation. In WDDTY vol 12 no 9, it states that a multicentre US trial has found that warfarin and aspirin perform equally well in
A new trial has shown that warfarin or warfarin plus aspirin are 20 to 30 per cent better than aspirin alone in preventing composite vascular events after myocardial infarction (MI).
One reader urges caution about last week's suggestion to eat salicylate-rich fruits such as cherries as this may interact with the warfarin our reader was also taking.
* I had a stroke and was put on aspirin, simvastatin, Calcichew D and bendrofluazide. After reading all I could, I decided that my symptoms - blurred vision, leg cramps, fatigue and the need to pass far more urine than usual
A multicentre US trial has found that the anticoagulant drug warfarin and aspirin perform equally well in preventing recurrent ischaemic stroke.
