Coumadin

American  

[koo-muh-din] / ˈku mə dɪn /

Pharmacology, Trademark.

1. a brand name for warfarin.

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Example Sentences

Coumadin is a drug frequently given to prevent excessive blood clotting in stroke or heart attack patients, which could lead to another stroke or heart attack.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Pharmacogenomics will be able to provide a counter-acting drug to decrease the effect of Coumadin.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Coumadin has one important advantage over the newer medications of an almost immediate reversal of its anti-clotting effect when patients must stop taking it to prevent excessive bleeding, say, before surgery or following an injury.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

But, she adds, for older patients who take Coumadin to thin their blood, using vitamin K as a supplement "doesn't make a lot of sense."

From US News • Aug. 7, 2015

At a North Carolina home, a patient on Coumadin wound up in the hospital after no clotting tests were done for a month.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2015