Word: warfarin
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...other states, the brand-name companies have retained the upper hand. DuPont's allies in Florida, for instance, killed this year's effort by its rival Barr to let pharmacists substitute generics, including its blood thinner warfarin, for four brand-name drugs unless a doctor objects. Minutes after the state senate passed a bill backing Barr's plan in April, a flotilla of DuPont lobbyists converged on Speaker John Thrasher's office. Thrasher had earlier asked Republicans studying the bill to oppose it. Now he refused to let it come up for a vote. With the clock running, allies...
...heart allows small amounts of blood to pool in the atria, where the blood can form clots that can travel through the brain, causing a stroke. The risk is greatest for folks 65 and older, who are often given blood thinners like aspirin and the prescription drug warfarin to lessen the risk. But Bradley is 56. And in a Dec. 9 letter to the candidate, his doctor reported that the occasional irregular heartbeat "does not, in any way, interfere with [his] ability to function...
PILL PROBLEM If you're on the blood thinner warfarin, taking 1,300 mg of acetaminophen--equivalent to four regular Tylenol--or more a day can raise the risk of hemorrhage...
...warfarin is used more widely in less controlled conditions, it may cause more trouble than observed in clinical trials," Singer said in an interview yesterday. "On balance, the message that comes out of these remarkable trials is that every patient with chronic atrial fibrillation should give warfarin a good look...
...effects of aspirin are hardly comparable to warfarin for this condition," he said. "I'm skeptical that there's much benefit...