[Magdalen] Dental Deal.

[Jay Weigel]

A nurse friend had a bad reaction to Pradaxa and has to be on Coumadin due
to the fact that she now has a pacemaker because of a failed
ablation.....long story.

I hope to hell I NEVER have to take Coumadin. I hate the stuff. Seen too
much and the ridiculousness of having to go get blood drawn every 3
weeks...geez.

On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> Lots of ads for xeralto -- Arnie Palmer & Co. last week?
>
> And then there are those ads from tort lawyers matching 1:1 "if you've
> been injured by Xeralto" which will always stir up doubts.
>
> Some folk don't like the inconvenience of injectibles like lovenox et al.
> either. Take the pill instead.
>
> All the blood thinner products have their dangers, depending more on the
> patient and why they re needing it. One size does not fit all.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
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> On 2/29/2016 11:34 AM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
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>> Coumadin is probably the safest although it comes with the need to be
>> monitored/tested to make sure that your levels are not high - a 'procedure
>> of inconvenience'  which is played up by the other drugs that are now 'in
>> competition' with it - all touting that they do not need frequent testing.
>> Some of them come with deadly baggage - I can speak for one, that is not
>> seen advertized lately - Xarelto. It has no antidote to reverse its action
>> to dilute the blood SO, if one was on Xarelto and had a bleeding injury, or
>> was in need of emergency surgery, there
>>
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