you are most welcome!! Try taking Pradaxa after breakfast and supper with copious amount of water. Lots of water!
Thank you for the good info. Since I last posted I am having horrible heartburn. I read online that it is a known side effect. I just hope it goes away!
This forum is very helpful!
I was dx with afib back in Feb 2011, and was put on Pradaxa and Multaq. I was on Pradaxa for about 2 months. I have never taken Warfarin, but I do work in healthcare and am very familiar with coumadin (warfarin). I do check patients PT/INR levels. The only problem I had while taking Pradaxa was my gums bleeding. It was not a significant amount. I did let my EP guy know about it, and he said just one of the side effects. So I just monitored it and had to not brush my teeth so vigorously. But I ate what I wanted to, no PT/INR checks.
Pradaxa works by directly inhibiting the clotting factor thrombin, the amount of vitamin K in the diet does not matter.
Pradaxa is taken twice a day, shorter life in the body and is cleared from the body quicker than coumadin (warfarin). With warfarin, Vitamin K is used to reverse overanticoagulation in patients, there is no antidote for Pradaxa. Warfarin a lot cheaper than Pradaxa.
Good luck with your ablation. Hope you do well on Pradaxa! Best wishes!!
Cheryl