If you do not remember until the following day, skip the missed dose.
If you forget to take a dose, take it as soon as you remember.Use an oral syringe to measure your dose carefully. If you have been prescribed the oral liquid medicine you will need to take 1 ml for every 1 mg of your dose - for example, a 3 mg dose is 3 ml of liquid.Each strength of tablet is a different colour to help you tell the difference between them 0.5 mg tablets are white, 1 mg tablets are brown, 3 mg tablets are blue and 5 mg tablets are pink. Your dose may be made up of more than one strength of tablet. Warfarin tablets are available in different strengths.It is usually recommended that you take warfarin at six o'clock in the evening. This will help keep the levels of warfarin in your blood steady, and will also help you to avoid missing any doses. You should aim to take warfarin at the same time each day. Take warfarin exactly as you have been advised by your doctor or anticoagulant clinic.These will give you more information about warfarin and will provide you with a full list of the side-effects which you may experience from taking it. Before you start the treatment, read the manufacturer's printed information leaflet from inside the pack of tablets and any additional information you have been given by your doctor.If you have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine.Miconazole is an ingredient in creams, ointments, sprays, and powders used for fungal skin infections such as athlete's foot, and also in gels and creams for thrush. It is particularly important that you tell your doctor if you are also using an anti-fungal preparation containing miconazole, as this medicine can affect the way warfarin works. This includes any medicines you are taking which are available to buy without a prescription, as well as herbal and complementary medicines. If you are taking or using any other medicines.If you have been told you have an infection of your heart, called bacterial endocarditis.If you have high blood pressure (hypertension).If you have any problems with the way your liver works, or with the way your kidneys work.If you have a condition that increases your risk of bleeding, such as a stomach ulcer, or if you have had surgery recently, or if you have recently had a stroke.If you are pregnant, trying for a baby or breastfeeding.For these reasons, before you start taking warfarin it is important that your doctor knows:
Some medicines are not suitable for people with certain conditions, and sometimes a medicine may only be used if extra care is taken.
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