Coumadin linked to weight gain

Thabk you so much, I've been very depressed snd confused avout the weight gain, weakness, joint pain, problems with my eye site etc, Ive read everyone's story and Im like, gosh is there any solution. Alteast I know theres hope for a normal life after my clit is fully dissolved

At least I know I am not alone, thank you everyone for your comments...my dr's makes me feel like I'm going crazy cause they tell me it doesn't make you gain weight. I've been on for a year and I have steadily increased in weight. Eat good and exercise and still gaining...so frustrating

from what I read, you go back to normal when you're off Coumadin, I'm on it for life and I totally understand what you're experiencing, that is me...

I have been put on plavix. Weight still there. Coumadin did make me gain about 40lbs in a year

This is enlightening. I started Coumadin in June after a heart valve repair & gained 5 lbs in 9 months eating less & being active more. I've been trying like crazy to get rid of the extra weight, nothing to work. I was on Eliquis for about 16 months before being changed to Coumadin, no weight change & I ate whatever, whenever I wanted to. I'm hoping to be taken off this in 2 months, I'll update if the weight begins to come off.

Wow, this is almost good to hear. I have gained considerable amount of weight in the over 2 years I have been on Warfarin. The weight refuses to leave my body, and my diet is almost without exception very healthy.

I have been on cumadin for a little over three yrs, I have put on forty PD's it does cause weight gain

I also gained 20lb since starting Coumadin in August of last year. I eat healthy, exercise and I just can't seem to get rid of the pounds. I never had a problem with weight before starting this medication.

Thanks to all for sharing. I've been busting my butt at the gym and eating less than 1500 calories a day. I've been on Coumadin for a little over a year. My doctor told me I had to lose 20 lbs and stop smoking before he would take me off from it. Ive beat the smoking been 37 days but the weight is nor budging. I'm so discoraged. Is this gonna be impossible?

I don't know where to start...We don't take warfarin/coumadin bc of a vitamin deficiency! We mostly take due to DVT or heart problems. I got DVT 4 months ago due to birth control pill. I was skinny, very healthy, vegetarian, used go to gym 3/4 times a day. After 4 months, my face looks puffy. I definitely gained weight. I never scale so i dont know how much weight i gained but i look different. I can't recognize my body. And i feel tired all the time. Most of us can't go to gym as we have DVT so saying "go to gym" is the stupidest thing ever! I walk and do pushups and pullups but still i can't lose the weight. It is not much so i am glad but still as being a skinny person, i feel weird. I will stop this horrible pill in 2 months even if my DVT doesn't dissolve. My healing goes great thanks to vegetarian eating so i think i will be fine without it.

Glad I found this! Thanks for the update. I've been on warfarin for 3 months for dvt and couldn't figure out what was going on. Appreciate so much

Yup same here! Everyone says no. I keep telling them...oh yes.

Thank you so much for your encouraging words. I'm a "lifer", which means I have had 2 PE episodes, so I will have to take it for the rest of my life. I've been on it since 2005. I found an article on the web & decide to experiment with my diet. I found something amazing. Coumadin is protein binding, meaning if you have a high protein diet (atkins, paleo, etc), it will make your Coumadin useless, so the dose will have to increase. This will lead to even more weight gain. I've been vegetarian for almost 27 years, and since taking Coumadin only gain weight when I increase fat,sugar, and protein.

I went on a paleo diet and gained weight. Yep, I left being veg, and it was gross, so I stopped after 3 mos. Now I've got to get rid of extra weight, and being veg again will do that. When my protein is low and I eat fewer green veggies, my needed dose of Coumadin goes down, so, I just structure my diet to take only enough to keep me alive.

My experiment was successful, and now that I've cut out gluten, I'm starting to lose the extra pounds. Since everyone is different, I would say to anyone interested in this to try experimenting with your diet to see what triggers the Coumadin to pack on the pounds. I know first hand that Coumadin will cause weight gain in me when I increase fat and protein. Let us all be "scientists" and search for the answers our so-called Dr.'s won't provide.

Here is the article that led to my experiment: http://www.impactteam.info/documents/Warfarinpthandout_000.pdf

It makes me feel so much better to know I'm not alone in this!! I was on oral contraceptive and threw a PE in 2011. I've been on coumadin ever since, and gaining weight ever since. I obviously gained some weight with the BC but I chalked the additional weight gain (~80lbs!!!) up to lack of energy/drive to do anything, and going from 2 jobs of 80 hours a week, to one job of 15 hours a week with no OTJ physical activity.

I never searched for the topic because I believed it all to be my own fault--now i'm wondering if this is partially to blame. I just began Xarelto yesterday, so hopefully I see some of the changes everyone else sees. I thought the weight gain was the culprit to my lethargy, achy joints, etc but seeing people who are a healthy weight complaining of the same issues makes me tentatively optimistic that once I have this terrible med out of my system, I will start to feel human again!!

I'm a lifer, too, and my MD let me change to Xarelto. Might be worth looking into if you can't stand how the coumadin makes you feel, and you, like me, are tired of all the blood work (though i will miss my girls at the lab!).

I'll try to remember to report back in a month or so to see if I've noticed any change!

I forgot to mention, the blood clot led to finding out I'm Factor V positive and have Lupus Anticoagulant.