Iam on Coumadin (Warfarin), have been on it for about 15 months and havnt had a problem with gaining weight, I have actually lost weight. Lost around 6kg before drastically changing my diet and have lost around the same since my diet change.
it's happenING to me also, but pcp does not agree. i don't know what to do. i am exercising more than i ever have & have always eaten a good diet, prior to warfarin I was on a weight loss regimen & had lost 12 lbs-i only needed to loose about 20. now i've regained what i lost & feel like i am inching up toward higher numbers, no matter how hard i exercise. i'm being faced with lifetime warfarin therapy. what can be done?
yes I know, About 40# in 2 years. I was on Pradaxa but now on coumadin
I have put on a considerable amount of weight. I eat and drink exactly the same as I did before I was put on Warfarin I would really like to come off it.
I have been on Coumadin for 8 months and have gained a total of 15 pounds and am having difficulty losing it... I work out 3-4 days a week and cannot get the wait to budge... Very Frustrating.. I hoping to go off soon to see if I lose it. I AM a FIRM believer as an RN and patient that weight gain is a definite side effect!!!
I too have experienced a significant weight gain after starting warfarin (more than 10% of my body weight). Some weight gain was expected as I had lost 8 lbs due to illness followed by pulmonary embolisms. But, I have been gaining weight at the rate of 1 to 1 1/2 lbs a week for the last three months (yes, a 17 lb weight gain to my pre-illness 130 lb frame.) Exercise has been the same, rather sedentary, and my diet has changed little (other than for the first two weeks where I tried to gain back some of my illness-related weight loss.) It is very frustrating, I've had my thyroid checked and it is unchanged.
I began Coumadin in September 2014. I have since gained 35 lbs. I started Cardiac Rehab in November and still go 3 days a week. I am even more active now than I was before my Open Heart Surgery. I also have a physically active job. I have complained to my Cardiologist, PCP and Rheumatologist (treating me for Lupus also) about the weight gain! I am miserable! I don't know what to do at this point.
I have been on coumadin since July 14, 2014 where I weighed 128lbs. I NOW weigh 152lbs. I am a yoga instructor, salon mangager, and up to 5 HOT yoga classes a week on top of taking Bar Method 4 times a week. My doctor told me it was the way I was eating. Well I eat very healthey, plus use a nutritionist. After reading all of your posts, I would rather take myself off this drug that clearly is making me unhealthy than be on it. I am going to try cupping and pry for the best.
I would really liked to know how you get on as I've been 8 months post taking a long course of couda in at high dosage I put on over a stone of weight. I am very active working full time mum eating hardly any carbs. My tummy is so large and it feels like nothing I do is helping me shift this weight. I used to be a regular runner - DVT was caused after Achilles tendon repair op. Any tips will really help I'm not used to being a larger lady and finding it difficult
my wife is taking warfarin and in one year she gained 10 lbs. PDP san jose c
My wife has gained 35 pounds in less than a year and all the doctors want to deny it is attributed to coumadin