warfarin

IPA: wˈɔrfɛrɪn

(pharmacology) A coumarin salt, warfarin sodium, found in certain clovers, that retards blood coagulation:
Manufactured as a pharmaceutical drug and used in low dosage, with regular monitoring, for the prevention of thrombosis and embolism.
Manufactured as a chemical, used in high dosage as a pesticide.

Examples of "warfarin" in Sentences

And then there are the chemo drugs themselves: the main ingredient in the blood thinner Coumadin is warfarin, which is also the main ingredient in mouse poison; not a comforting thought.
Analysts think Eliquis could capture a big chunk of what is estimated to be a multibillion-dollar market for new blood thinners with potential to replace a common treatment called warfarin.
The FDA also raised concerns about the safety of rivaroxaban, noting "an excess of strokes in the rivaroxaban arm during the transition from blinded study drug to open label warfarin at the end of the study."
Atritech has completed an 800-patient randomized clinical trial of the device that demonstrated a 38 percent relative risk reduction for stroke, cardiovascular death and systemic embolism compared with long-term warfarin therapy.
Administration advisory panel voted 7 to 5 in favor of approving a device for closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) that they say is comparable to long-term warfarin therapy for the prevention of stroke in warfarin-eligible patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF).
- A US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted 7 to 5 in favor of approving a device for closure of the left atrial appendage (LAA) that they say is comparable to long-term warfarin therapy for the prevention of stroke in warfarin-eligible patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF).