The idea behind the low-carb diet is that decreasing carbs lower insulin levels, which causes the body to burn stored fat for energy and ultimately leads to weight loss. In general, a low-carb diet focuses on proteins, including meat, poultry, fish and eggs, and some nonstarchy vegetables.
Your doctor will tell you how long you need to take warfarin for, and when you should stop taking it. Some people will take warfarin long term, for as long as their blood-clotting risk continues. Other uses (such as after surgery) are usually short term.
Thus, one way of successfully transitioning patients from argatroban to warfarin is to aim for an INR goal of approximately 4 measured at a time when the PTT is in the therapeutic range. It can then be predicted that the INR once off argatroban will be approximately 2-3, which solely reflects the influence of warfarin. However, the manufacturer warns that this linear relationship becomes unpredictable at argatroban doses exceeding 2 mcg/kg/min.