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Warfarin
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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Warfarin A chemical which antagonizes the action of
vitamin K; used to reduce blood clotting in people at risk of
thrombosis and, at much higher doses, as a rat and mouse poison.
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Warfarin Pharmacogenetics: Ready for Clinical Utility?
Magazine article from: Clinical Laboratory Science; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...System INDEX TERMS: pharmacogenetics, warfarin, CYP2C9, VKORCl Clin Lab Sci 2009...Administration's August 2007 relabeling of warfarin to recommend pharmacogenetic (PGx...from genetic testing can be applied in warfarin therapy. In particular, does PGx testing...
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Warfarin management: Pearls from a recent MUE.
Newspaper article from: Drug Utilization Review; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Fifty patients on warfarin therapy for at least six days of duration were enrolled in a warfarin medication use evaluation (MUE), including...patients. The MUE criteria evaluated included warfarin dosage adjustment, drug-drug interaction...
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Warfarin After Myocardial Infarction: The Case is Reopened.
Magazine article from: Clinical Cardiology Alert; 11/1/2002; 700+ words
; Warfarin After Myocardial Infarction: The Case...clinical trials have been reported using warfarin alone or in combination with aspirin in...benefit of the combination of aspirin and warfarin. WARIS II, the present trial, sought...
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Warfarin vs Aspirin for Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement.
Magazine article from: Clinical Cardiology Alert; 10/1/2004; 700+ words
; Warfarin vs Aspirin for Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve...Low-dose aspirin is as effective as warfarin for preventing cerebral thromboembolic...496-500. Current guidelines recommend warfarin anticoagulation for the first 3 months...
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Warfarin's real impact less than in trials.(Report)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 5/15/2009; ; 700+ words
; ORLANDO -- Warfarin was not nearly as effective in the real...were apparently ideal candidates for warfarin received it, Stephen D. Sander, Pharm...The unexpectedly low benefit from warfarin therapy "indicates that even when prescribed...
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Warfarin best for stroke prevention, trial shows: the medicine was superior only in patients in whom anticoagulation intensity was optimally maintained.
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 2/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; DALLAS -- Oral anticoagulation with warfarin proved superior to clopidogrel plus aspirin...sessions of the American Heart Association. Warfarin remains the most effective available...ACTIVE-W contained a large caveat: Warfarin's superiority was restricted to patients...
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Warfarin's interactions: plentiful and dangerous.(Clinical Rounds)
Magazine article from: Skin & Allergy News; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...PHILADELPHIA -- Drug interactions involving warfarin are among the most dangerous that occur...drug interactions or side effects, and warfarin is one of the main culprits. "If you...drug interactions that kill people, warfarin interactions are at the top of the list...
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Warfarin Significantly Underused In the Treatment of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Managed Care Weekly Digest; 10/20/2008; 700+ words
; New research reveals that warfarin therapy is significantly underused in patients...Rhythm Society, concludes that not only is warfarin not prescribed as often as it could be, in many cases when warfarin is administered, it is not used at optimal...
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Preventing warfarin-related bleeding.(Review Article)
Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Abstract: Warfarin is one of the most common anticoagulants...prediction rules, can reduce the risk of warfarin-related bleeding. Supratherapeutic...and/or reducing the weekly dose of warfarin. Patients with acute bleeding require...
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Examining warfarin underutilization rates in patients with atrial fibrillation: Detailed chart review essential to capture contraindications to warfarin therapy.(Original clinical investigation)(Report)
Magazine article from: Thrombosis Journal; 6/3/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...4, 5] While studies have shown that warfarin therapy could reduce this stoke risk...6], it is distressing to note that warfarin therapy remains widely underutilized...for nonuse. Prior studies analyzing warfarin utilization in patients with AF have...
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Warfarin
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Warfarin Definition Wafarin is a vitamin K antagonist...actually thin the blood). The brand name of warfarin in the U.S. is Coumadin. Purpose Wafarin...surface of cancer cells. Description Warfarin will not dissolve an existing blood clot...
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warfarin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
warfarin , anticoagulant used to treat blood clots. In large doses it causes bleeding, and...decrease the rate at which it is metabolized standard dosages may also cause bleeding. Warfarin, mixed with bait, is used in rodent control.
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Prothrombin Time
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...monitor the condition of patients who are taking warfarin (Coumadin). Warfarin is a drug that is given to prevent clots in the...particularly important if the patient is taking warfarin, because there are a number of medications that...
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Anticoagulant
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...of excessive bleeding. Coumarin and Warfarin Oral anticoagulants have their origins...squirrels, and beavers) poison called warfarin (named for the patent holder, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation). Although warfarin rapidly became very popular worldwide...
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Levamisole
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...taken. The drug also interacts with warfarin , which is often given to heart patients...can interfere with the action of warfarin, allowing blood clots to form; therefore, adjustments in the amount of warfarin heart patients take may be necessary...
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