Is anyone familiar with coumadin?

Question

I'm on coumadin for Pulmonary Emboli and I've been loosing a lot of hair only I was also diagnosed with lupus but the doctors weren't 100 % sure if I really have lupus could my losing my hair be from the medication or the lupus?

Answer 1

coumadin is an anticoagulant, that is "blood thinner" for people that don't speak fluent doctor. The close monitoring of a person taking it is critical as the blood becomes thin so does your ability to not clot, which could cause a domino of other problems if you had an injury or needed emergency surgery. Prothombin times should be done weekly or more to evaluate your bloods clotting factor. The effects of the coumadin or its treatment does not consider the Lupus. Lupus, or mixed conective tissue disease is usually associated with a person that has RA, Rheumatoid Arthritis, your hair loss may be a side effect of the medicatons, stress, or even the illness you experienced or are currently experiencing. The best thing that you can do to heal your body would be a diet high protien and vitamin C these two things combined heal our bodies. The fact that you are recovering from such an ordeal would indicate that you need very high level because your not only compensating for the illness you need to maintain your normal levels. When I had a significant injury and surgery, I started to drink protien drinks which contained 20-24 grams of protien each, I drank 4-6 a day. I also would take 3-4 oranges and squeeze them in a juicer, this would give me a fairly large glass of juice which is like liquid sunshine, I felt better in a shorter amount of time and I maintain the practice to this day, not as much but everyday! Good luck and I hope you feel better!

Answer 2

Coumadin is a blood thinner and will not cause your hair to fall out. The Lupus however does cause unusual hair loss.
www.niams.noh.gov

Answer 3

coumadin helps to thin the blood to avoid blood clots from the two sites I quickly read, it sounds like the lupus and the coumadin could be a cause. Take care and get well

Answer 4

coumadin is a blood thinner, and I've never heard of someone losing their hair from it.. with lupus i guess it could attack your hair follicles but I've never seen it (my aunt has lupus so I've tried to research it a little) in all honesty, it's probably stress.. it's very common to lose hair when you are overly stress, or when you have had a surgery/long hospital stay (injury stresses the body, it's still stress, even if it's not mental stress)

Answer 5

Lupus is an autoimmune disorder, one of many. Another one is a low thyroid condition called Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I would have your doctor check for that as they often appear together but the latter gets overlooked because lupus is a bigger focus. Low thyroid will cause hair loss; in fact it's usually one of the first signs.

Answer 6

Warfarin (also known under the brand names of Coumadin®, Jantoven®, Marevan®, and Waran®) is an anticoagulant medication that is administered orally or, very rarely, by injection. It is used for the prophylaxis of thrombosis and embolism in many disorders. Its activity has to be monitored by frequent blood testing for the international normalized ratio (INR). It is named for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

Warfarin is a synthetic derivative of coumarin, a chemical found naturally in many plants, notably woodruff (Galium odoratum, Rubiaceae), and at lower levels in licorice, lavender and various other species. Warfarin was originally developed as a rat poison, but it is no longer used for that purpose as modern poisons are much more potent and toxic (e.g. brodifacoum). However, warfarin and contemporary rodenticides belong to the same class of drugs (coumarins) and both decrease blood coagulation by interfering with vitamin K metabolism.

Just be careful of using this drug and take a second openion.

Answer 7

Probably the Lupus but you need to see your Dr. right away.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

u would lose your hair if u were not eating right