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What is a Coumadin visit?
Coumadin Clinic is a clinic designed to assist the providers and their patients who take the anticoagulant drug known as Coumadin or Warfarin (generic name) with education and finger stick blood testing.
What is the purpose of Coumadin Clinic?
A Coumadin® or anticoagulation clinic is a simple, convenient way to monitor and assist patients taking Coumadin® or any other brand of anticoagulant or blood-thinning medication. At MemorialCare Medical Group, the Clinic is a special time and place set aside for patients on these medications.
What is the generic name for Coumadin?
Warfarin oral tablet is available as both a generic and brand-name drug. Brand name: Jantoven (Coumadin was discontinued in April 2020). Warfarin comes only as a tablet you take by mouth. Warfarin is used to treat and prevent blood clots that might result in heart attack, stroke, or death.
What is an anticoagulant clinic?
The Anticoagulant Clinic provides specialised care for patients taking oral anticoagulant medication to treat and prevent blood clots by offering a monitoring and advisory service. Anticoagulants are medicines that help prevent blood clots.
Do you have to monitor Coumadin?
Monitoring Warfarin Warfarin must be monitored to ensure it is working effectively and being used safely. Achieving the correct warfarin dosage can be difficult but is extremely important. If the dose of warfarin is too low, the patient is at risk of developing harmful blood clots.
How often are Coumadin levels checked?
When your INR and warfarin dose are stable, blood tests are often done every 2 to 4 weeks, sometimes longer. If your dose changes you may need to have your INR tested more often.
Can I check my own INR at home?
As a Coumadin ® patient you now have the option of checking your PT/INR at home, at anytime. Testing at home is a convenient alternative to going to your doctor’s office to check your INR levels, and frequent self-testing has been proven to reduce the risk of bleeding and clotting.
Does insurance cover INR machine?
INR self-testing is a service that is typically covered by most insurance plans if you have any of the following conditions: Atrial Fibrillation. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Mechanical Heart Valve.
Can I check my INR level at home?
Can I check my INR at home?
In-home testing is convenient. It allows patients to test their INR levels without the need for frequent visits to a lab. In-home testing only requires a finger stick, instead of a full blood sample. In-home testing may lead to fewer blood clots.
Why are they discontinuing Coumadin?
The manufacturing of all strengths of Coumadin (warfarin sodium) tablets has been discontinued. As announced by Bristol-Myers Squibb, Coumadin’s manufacturer, the discontinuation is due to an unexpected manufacturing issue, not because of safety or efficacy issues.