What happens if you chew Coumadin?

[Chypre]

Tonight while taking my Coumadin(2.5 mg) I felt something in my mouth.  I thought it was a little bit of ice and started chewing  on it.  It was the coumadin.  I know you're not supposed to chew it.  What happens if you do?

[Chypre]

Thanks for your response.  I really didn't know where to put the question.  I take Coumadin for a heredity blood clotting factor (V Leiden).   I take several other drugs for an irregular heart rhythm.  This morning when I tested my glucose that drop of blood came out mighty big and fast!  But by the time of the evening test it seemed normal again.  

Last INR:  2.2   My Coumadin coordinator says 2.0-3.0 is where I should be.

Thaks again.  Best to you.

[Jerry_NJ]

I just saw your post, enough time has passed you can now tell us the answer.

This question would be more likely to get a reply by someone using Coumadin if posted on the Heart Rhythm Community.

That said, in my opinion no problem, but don't make a practice of chewing.  The medication level you are taking is low in my experience, I thak 5 mg, many wiht atrial fibrillation or artificial heart valves take higher doses.

Again an opinion, chewing would make the medication absorbsum faster, perhaps causing a higher INR (thinning) initially with a lower INR later during the period until the next dose is due.

Again, in my opinion Coumadin in not related to a "blood disorder".. but it could be there is a blood condition in which the clotting factor is too high and one takes Coumadin to bring it down to normal,  INR approximately 1.