COUMADIN making it hard to lose weight...or worse, making you gain??

So I'm on coumdain (anti-coagulant) for a blood disorder
 
I've been eating fairly well and taking water aeorbic classes 5-6 nights a week for 4 weeks, one hour classes.

No weight loss. I've had 5 fills and I'm almost at the limit on my band.

So I "Googled" coumadin and found numerous sites where patients claim they gain weight on coumadin and/or can't lose weight.

Anyone here having this problem?

I am on coumadin too for a blood disorder and I have not had any problems with my weight loss.  I am losing slow, but that has more to do with calories, carbs and physical activity for me.  I am sorry you are having such a hard time.  I wouldn't think you would be that close to maximum fill after only 5 fills.  How big is your band and how much do you have in it?

I have such a hard time remembering the specifics on my band. Does this sounds right:

it's 10 somethings and I have 6 somethings in it. And my doctor says most of his patients don't go beyond 8 somethings.

I know, I sound like an idiot, but I'm not.

 Hey Kathi!  I've been wondering how you are!

While I can't help you on the Coumidin, I'm now at 7.5 and I have the 10 cc band.  Dr. O told me the same thing that most his patients green at 7-8.  
Now I need another fill.  However Atlantic Care changed the insurances that they accept.  So we have to find a new surgeon.  

When you go in make sure you tell Dr. O your struggling.  Did he say anything about the Coumidin.?

Thanks for helping me out with the size of my band. I hate to say the wrong thing and wasn't sure CC's was the right measurement.

My insurance is TriCare, so I can still go to Dr. O.

Last visit I told him I'm struggling, and he did a fill. I had skipped a fill my previous visit. I didn't mention the coumadin, although I fill it out every visit on the questionnaire. And he knows I take it because when I told him about my blood disorder,he insisted I go back to a specialist before he even would do my surgery.

So I'm at 6 CC's in a 10 CC band.

 Hubby is just now loosing.  These last 2 fills were the ones.  He's at 8 in a 14cc band.  So..There's always hope.  Plus you know I'd ask...somehow if he can make sure your band isn't leaking.  I mean I know  he can...I just notice some dr.s get their feathers ruffled when you do is all.  Anyways I'd go that way.

You can go even past the amount of your band in fills it just depends on how big each fill is as to how much you feel it. The more you have in the band the less it will take to get to the best restriction so you may only need a little bit more. If it keeps on this way you might have them check to make sure there isn't a leak.
I've been on coumadin for 25 years and it has never played any part in my weight gain and I don't remember ever reading anything about it causing weight gain. I don't really see any reason why it would.

Doctors don't agree about coumadin causing weight gain. And it's not a listed side-effect. But when I did a search, I found many discussion boards with lots of patients who are on coumadin, and the vast majority said that they found weight gain since beginning use, and they found weight loss extremely difficult.

Granted, I've found you can search the internet to support almost anything. However, when I did the opposite search, coumadin causing weight loss, I found nothing.

As far as a reason why it would, who knows. But with all the supporting comments I found, and with my own personal experience, I believe it may just well be true.

Here's a brief synopsis:

I was slightly overweight into adulthood. After having my second child, I developed blood clots in my lungs and right leg. Went on Coumadin. Gained about 40 lbs over the course of the next year while on Coumadin.

Doctor stopped the coumadin. I gradually lost weight. Not the entire 40 lbs. but my weight went down.

16 yrs. later, I developed superficial clots in my right leg. Back on Coumadin. Gained 25 lbs. over the next year.

Went off coumadin again. Lost about 13 lbs with relative ease.

Last year, after surgery, back on coumadin again. I lost 24 lbs. in the first 5 months after my lapband. Gained 1 or 2 lbs. lost 1 lb. gained 1 lb. back and forth for the past 2 months. Even with fills, even with eating pretty well, even with taking aqua-cise classes 5-6 times a week for the past 4 weeks. No weight loss.

I struggled to lose those first 24 lbs. and that number includes the pre-op liquid diet week of weight loss.

I went off the coumadin 6 days ago. I've lost 2 lbs. Not the coumadin? If not, that's a BIG coincidence.

Now you have me very curious, because when I think back my weight gain slowly started around the time I started the coumadin. So couple that with being diagnosed with a lung disease and a bad hip that restricted my exercise maybe that did contribute to it. I used to exercise at least an hour a day sometimes 2 and watched closely what I ate and maintained pretty well until around that time. I'm gonna have to do some more investigating myself and see what comes up. Thanks for opening my eyes altho I have to take the coumadin for a clotting disorder but at least I can stop blaming myself so much.

I have a clotting disorder too, a Prothrombin Gene Mutation. How about you?