I have several work associates, and my mother-in-law is on Coumadin. It seems 
like once they get you dialed in by taking those couple of blood tests, you’re 
good to go.
Mind the sawbones. 

AZBob

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> On May 6, 2021, at 6:29 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>  I've been taking Prasugrel for the last 2 and a bit years. It doesn't 
> require regular testing for which I am thankful. 
> 
> -Curt
> 
>    On Thursday, May 6, 2021, 9:25:55 AM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes 
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:  
> 
> The evidence for the DOACs like Xarelto for antiphopholipid antibody is not
> as strong as the evidence for warfarin. There is some suggestion that
> Xarelto etc may not work as well for arterial clots, though they both seem
> to work OK for venous clots. Anyway it has not been super well studied but
> until there is a good study showing comparable efficacy with both drugs in
> a large number of patients, the recommendation will likely continue to be
> for warfarin. At least that is my understanding.
> 
>> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 6:18 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>> 
>> As you may recall a while back I was in the hospital due to blood clots.
>> They put me on Xarelto. It was still a mystery as to why this happened in
>> the first place. My primary doctor sent me to a cancer doctor to figure it
>> out. Went back to him for the 2nd time last week to run tests. Turns out I
>> evidently have something called antiphospholid antibody syndrome. They are
>> moving me from Xarelto to Coumadin for some reason which will require me to
>> get blood tests weekly for a few weeks then monthly after. I guess I will
>> ask but not sure why they would take me off the newer state of the art
>> blood thinner that requires no testing to this older cheaper medication
>> that does.
>> 
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