Re: Blood Thinners (Coumadin, etc)
Hello Joe,
Good to see that you are well.
I have a good friend here who has arrythmia (which is what I have) and his doctor took him off warfarin and put him on Pradaxa. My friend was sick of the hospital monitoring required. Along with Pradaxa I have to take two other drugs that keep the blood pressure low. I see the doctor once a month for repeat prescriptions and to keep a general check. Very occasionally, the heart beats irregularly and does not stop by itself. When this happens I go to a specialist heart hospital here and undergo strong electric shocks, but this has happened only three times since the arrythmia was diagnosed. this was three or four years ago -- I am not sure which. The last time this happened the doctor discussed some kind of operation with a catheter. I am not sure what this was, but it was not a by-pass or pacemaker.
Last year I went to Holland and took a side trip to Ireland to see John Rogers and take part in his summer school. I left the Pradaxa in Holland and had to see a doctor. The doctor thought that one or two days without it would not have mattered so much, but the pharmacist took a different view. Anyway, no harm was done.
Best wishes,
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