Eat the same amount of vitamin K daily to keep your INR stable.Contact your healthcare provider before you take other medicines or supplements, because they may elevate your INR. If you take medicine, take it as directed.Some people can test their blood at home. You may have blood drawn at your healthcare provider's office.
Your healthcare provider may want your INR to be measured every few days until it is stable, and then only once a month. Examples are clotting factors, platelets, and plasma. Blood components are the parts of blood that help it to clot.
Blood components may be given during a transfusion to help stop your bleeding. Vitamin K may be given to decrease your INR and bleeding. You may need one of the following treatments: If you take an anticoagulant medicine, your healthcare provider may change your dose, or tell you to skip one or more doses. Treatment depends on whether you currently have bleeding and how severe it is. You may bruise easily, have frequent nosebleeds, or notice your gums bleeding. You may have small cuts that bleed more than normal, and for longer than normal. What are the signs and symptoms of an elevated INR? A sudden decrease of vitamin K in your diet. Health conditions, such as liver failure or bleeding disorders. Other medicines, such as aspirin, NSAIDs, and some antibiotics, when you also are using anticoagulants. Too much anticoagulant medicine, a type of blood thinner that helps prevent clots. What increases my risk for an elevated INR? When your PT or INR is too high, you have an increased risk of bleeding. An elevated PT or INR means your blood is taking longer to clot than your healthcare provider believes is healthy for you. The higher your PT or INR, the longer your blood takes to clot. A prothrombin time (PT) is a another blood test done to help measure your INR. The INR, or International Normalized Ratio, is a measure of how long it takes your blood to clot.
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