Sugar Diabetes and Tests......sqad?

[carlton23]

I had my weekly INR to-day as I am on Warfarin, and as I have been taking 1.15mg for the last week, I was contacted by my hospital saying it had gone up from 3.0 to 4,7, so I must alternate to 1mg per day and 1.5 the next for a week. Now I am wondering what may it go up as I haven`t been drinking alcohol or changed my diet. I have been having the occasional couple of Ginger Nut Biscuits which I enjoy with a nice cuppa, but I seem to remember that they can affect inr tests, and grapefuit is a no-no also.

[Sqad]

I know that you have said that you haven't changed your diet, but in my opinion, this is the commonest cause of a raised INR especially when the summer diet changes to a winter diet reducing the number of salads that we eat (Not applicable to the UK ;-))

It could be many things and drug interaction is one, but in your case I wouldn't have thought that this would apply.

Anxiety and stress, through a hormonal process can raise the INR also.

Don't worry mate.......it will settle down and it doesn't indicate a sinister underlying cause.

[carlton23]

`morning` sqad, in for a mini heat-wave here in the UK from to-morrow,25%, .....and hoping.

[bednobs]

theres nothing wrong with grapefruit and warfarin is there? I thought it was cranberry you are not supposed to have

[Sqad]

bednobs BOTH. MAY react with Warfarin.

Me, if I liked grapefruit in the morning and was taking Warfarin.....I would have grapefruit in the morning.