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Does anyone here know what the difference is between heparin and warfarin. They are both blood thinners, but I've read that heparin is suppose to be helpful with treating lyme. I take warfarin for a blood clotting disorder and was wondering if heparin is better.
Has anyone here taken heparin, and what were the results?
Thanks!!
Kathy
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They're different in that warfarin works on the platelets and keeps the blood thin.
Heparin works primarily on the fibrinogen. I only know the basics here! If the fibrinogen is kept clear, then the abx can more easily enter your tissues...as can oxygen.
It keeps the capillaries open. [but it does also thin the blood....but is not even CLOSE to being as dangerous as warfarin]
I took heparin for 3 yrs. It helped me ALOT!!!! The biggest help was with pain and fatigue. Now I take Rutozyme and nattokinase. I hope to be able to afford the lumbrokinase again beginning in a few months.
Those supplements can do the same thing as heparin, but are natural.
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I have also used heparin and I agree with Tutu. Heparin is safer then warfarin by a long shot. The reason being is that heparin has a very short life, In 6 hours the effects are about half what they were when you first took it. 12 hours later it is gone.
Warfarin, on the other hand stays in your body for days, and days, weeks if I am not mistaken. So if you have a problem with your blood becoming to thin it can be hard to correct and life threatening. Heparin can be reversed rather easily.
As Tutu said the 2 work in very different ways. It is the fibrin you need to address in Lyme. There is a lot of info on this problem that is know as Sticky Blood/Hypercoagulation/ISAC Syndrome. There is lots of information on this subject at: Look for the CurePosts: 1251 | From california | Registered: Apr 2005
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If the fibrinogen is kept clear, then the abx can more easily enter your tissues...as can oxygen.
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