The Main Reasons I Quit Taking Warfarin
I was diagnosed with Protein C Deficiency all the way back in the spring of 2012. Saying that makes me feel really old by the way but I digress. Which as a quick summary, my body hates to bleed so my blood is naturally more viscous, meaning I clot a lot better than the average person. This sounds cool at first, almost as if I have a boring version of fast healing like Naruto, but in reality, it’s dangerous because I’m more susceptible to blood clots which could cause a stroke or heart attack depending on how bad my luck is. Now that that’s out of the way. Here I am almost 10 years later, and I’ve come to terms living with this health condition. Originally, I was prescribed warfarin (or Coumadin, depending on who you ask) but I ended up switching over to a newer drug at the time called Xarelto, here are the main reasons why.
Time
I spent a lot of time going to and from the clinic laboratory in order to get blood drawn. When I first started doing that it really wasn’t a major issue, but once I went off to college almost 2 hours away, it became impossible to really manage. Before I could get “discharged” from the local anticoagulation center my primary doctor switched me over to Xarelto, allowing me to live a more normal life, without a bunch of laboratory check ins but with the added risk that if I were to start bleeding out, it may be incredibly…
