Sentences with phrase «prescribe warfarin»

A clinician and expert on herb - drug interactions, Fugh - Berman thought the information could be useful to clinicians who prescribe warfarin as an anticoagulant.

Using data from a Swedish registry, the study included survivors of a heart attack with atrial fibrillation and known measures of serum creatinine (n = 24,317; a substance used to measure kidney function), including 21.8 percent who were prescribed warfarin at discharge.

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There is still a lot of room to grow as warfarin, also prescribed under the brand name Coumadin, commands some 60 percent of the blood thinner market.

The risk: Garlic's blood - thinning properties may increase risk of bleeding associated with warfarin, a blood thinning drug commonly prescribed to people with heart - rhythm disorders and to people who have had heart attacks or heart - valve replacements, as well as aspirin.

Description: Warfarin is the most frequently used oral anticoagulant worldwide, prescribed for indications such as venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, atrial fibrillation and cardiac valve replacement.

The anticoagulant, which is billed as a low - maintenance alternative to warfarin, is prescribed to patients at risk of blood clots and stroke.