coumadin

Has there been any studies of people taking blood thinners other than asprin, such as Coumadin or Heparin?

You mean Coumadin (Warfarin), the popular blood thinner?

Wikipedia tells me that coumarin is only a precursor to coumadin, and is not, therefore, a well-known rat poison and anticoagulant.

More true than you might think: rat poison (coumadin) saves lives as an anticoagulant.

I'd rather prevent the stroke rather than regretfully putting the patient on coumadin after they've been paralyzed...

Nothing heart surgery and a lifetime of supply of Coumadin couldn't fix.

My dad is homebound, can’t get around on his own, and needs to get blood drawn on a regular basis at a Coumadin clinic.

My startup facilitates at home testing of PT/INR levels (for coumadin/warfarin patients).

Even if the expensive drugs weren't available, we'd still use coumadin which is dirt cheap.

I can learn that coumadin + aspirin creates a drug interaction and is a big no-no for I50.x style heart failure patients.

I bumped into a VP of Merck at a conference and that's the exact example he gave: in the US, you can't adjust your own coumadin dosage without a M.

What you're advocating is more like suggesting we might also consider putting labels on cheese about the risk of eating too much saturated fat, or heck, a warning on most green vegetables for people taking Coumadin and other blood thinners.

Have you ever been to a coumadin clinic?" And then I realized the issue.

An example that was posted on Reddit recently from a physician: "UHC denied my patient's prescription for a Lovenox bridge so her Coumadin could be held prior to surgery.

Too much of the drug, also known by its brand name Coumadin, can cause fatal bleeding, while too little can leave patients vulnerable to clots and strokes, according to medical experts." Huge free market failure here.

I was put on no less than eight medications, the scariest of which was Coumadin (same as Warfarin, I think?) -- scary because they made me watch a video describing it, by which I mean "You follow these instructions to the letter or you gonna die, son." At least that's what it felt like.

People at mid-life who made shitty decisions for most of their lives and now need Lipitor/Coumadin/a treadmill/a gravestone.

A lot of us are on blood thinners (anti-coagulants, anti-clotting, Coumadin/warfarin).

This isn't true for all drugs - for the blood thinner Coumadin, you're meant to stick to generic or brand name and not switch between the two since there are known differences in efficacy.