An anticoagulant drug (brand names: Coumarin, Panwarfin, Sofarin) taken to prevent the blood from clotting and to treat blood clots and overly thick blood. Warfarin is also used to reduce the risk of clots causing strokes or heart attacks . See the entire definition of Warfarin
drug used to prevent blood clots
Warfarin is the generic name for a drug called Coumadin®. This drug is used to reduce how fast and how often blood clots form in your blood.
A drug that prevents blood from clotting. It belongs to the family of drugs called anticoagulants (blood thinners).
An anticoagulant drug given orally. Also called Coumadin®.
An anticoagulant. A synthetic inhibitor of blood clotting. Also used as a rat poison.
A drug that prevents blood from clotting. Also called an anticoagulant (blood thinner).
Warfarin (also known under the brand names of Coumadin®, Jantoven®, Marevan®, and Waran®) is an anticoagulant medication that is administered orally or, very rarely, by injection. It is used for the prophylaxis of thrombosis and embolism in many disorders. Its activity has to be monitored by frequent blood testing for the international normalized ratio (INR).