Muscle Pain From Warfarin? (Page 6)
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Hi. I have been taking warfarin for 4 months. Prior to my PE when landing home from a long flight I was very active running and swimming every day. Since the attack every muscle and many leg joints ache all the time. Is this a side effect from medication? Thanks.

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Im so pleased its not just me and that other people are experiencing some of the effects, i spoke to my doc about changing to an alternative to warfarin but he said i have to stop looking at the pill as my enemy and start taking it with a thank god its been invented attitude as its keeping me alive! wot a load of crap!!!!! its not the doctors taking it is it, so i suppose i have no choice but to carry on and just hope i only have to be on it for 6 months :(

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I've been having all the symptoms you mentioned and believe me, it's NOT in your head. I only take one drug, so I know it's warfarin and what happened to me was a fluke. I was bedridden for 3 weeks, and ended up very dehydrated with high temps and dehydration alone can cause blood clots because your body is sluggish when dehydrated. Now, my problem is, how the heck do we know we can ever stop taking this crap? My INR goes up, then it goes down, today it was 1.6 and the Dr. wants me to increase to 12 mg. 3 x per week and 10 the rest. They are going to kill me with this crap. When in hospital, they took tons of blood and even sent it off to the Mayo Clinic to look for a reason WHY I had the PE and DVT but came up with nothing, nada! So, this tells me it was probably a fluke due to being inactive for 3 weeks. I move a lot, having a cleaning biz, walk the dog a couple times a day, drink lots of water, and eat a good diet, but this warfarin is also interfering with how I used to eat, which was lots of greens and healthy stuff. The Dr.'s are only looking at one thing, to keep you medicated and your blood to not clot. They are not looking at the overall picture and even coming off this stuff. Many times, I have felt that my body was trying to get back to normal readings, but then when it goes low, they increase the meds. It's like a vicious cycle and there's still that fear deep down which never leaves you. I didn't have pain even when I had the clots, and that wasn't what sent me to the hospital. Now, I have bone pain, muscle tissue pain, noises in my head, weak spells, fatigue all the time, etc. I feel much worse now, than I did initially.

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hi every 1, i had multiple PE and was put on warfarin, almost straight away i developed a rash on my neck, extreme pain in my knee joints and extreme muscle pain in my arms, legs ,back and shoulders. i have been back and forth to the emergency dept thinking it was more clots develpoing just because the pain was so similar. iv been on warfarin 7 weeks and the drug as yet to stabilise my INR. i can honestly say i have never felt so ill in my life right now, i have no energy, i ache constantly, feel dizzy most of the time too. i understand that having PE is extremely draining on the body both physically and mentally it makes all kind of emotions service because it is a killer and to have been diagnosed means we are the lucky 1's but i also believe the symptoms arnt in my head they are real and i believe it is caused by taking warfarin, i am also on 8mg a day so not even a small dose. i am visiting my GP tomorrow to discuss a change of meds or i may consider just stopping meds altogether because this is a living hell.

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had bilateral pulmonary embolism 6 weeks ago.Put on warfarin & five weeks ago developed severe nerve & muscle pain . Took pain killers which I don't usually take and put up with pain till I saw my doc. He said he wasn't concerned with the pain just the blood. Couldn't take pain anymore & stopped warfarin, pain disappeared in three days. Anyone had this happen to them

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imy wife hasbeen on 2.5 mg dosage of waefarin for past 20 years and no such side effect noted however some cough does occur at times

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haha sounds about right I have spoken to the doc and he said take pain killers, dont know what else I expected from him ,, will only be on warfarin for 8 more weeks ,so then maybe the pain will go ,just seems to be the lower half of thr body,,and getting spasams in the calfs,,, dont know how they decide if things are ok ,when I had the P E , was told take warfarin for 3-6 months ,I asked the doc he just said ah take for 6 months ,like ah what ever ,I guess I'm one of the lucky ones reall after reading about other guys problems on this site ,good luck to all who are suffering ,best wishes John

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The symptoms you're experiencing may be the sign of a possibly serious side effect of the medication.

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