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bestsynd
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 Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject: Warfarin Coumadin Blood Thinners |
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(Best Syndication) Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved “updated labeling” for the widely used blood-thinning drug, Coumadin (aka warafin), they stopped short of recommending genetic testing for patients. The blood thinning medicine’s “activity” is affected partially by genetic factors.
The FDA says that the new labeling will highlight “the opportunity for healthcare providers to use genetic tests to improve their initial estimate of what is a reasonable warfarin dose for individual patients.” People with different gene variations respond to the drug differently. The FDA calls the drug “difficult” to use because the “optimal dose varies and depends on many risk factors including a patient's diet, age, and the use of other medications.”
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theLIBERTARIAN
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My dad did some research and told the doctors he did not want to take it. He has been taking aspirin the past few years instead.
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Nictoe
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| The treatment of heart failure and using drugs like Warfarin and Coumadin always has been highly controversial. Anyways it is what it is: RAT POISON |
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