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Medicines for Venous Thrombosis: long-term prevention and tr
Posted: 08-17-06 05:49am

i am on this medication and i have a few questions. if u are able to answer that would be grate.

I am wondering if there are any other kinds of medications avalible to take other then werfarin?

my other question is if there is persay a earth quake and i am stuck with out warfarin what can i do or take to keep my self alive?


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Posted: 08-22-06 09:37am

Warfarin is a medicine for long-term prevention and treatment of venous thrombosis. It belongs to the group of medicines that inhibits the synthesis of the blood protein "prothrombin" in the liver. To this group also belong: ethyl-biscumacetat, acenocumarol, fenprocumon, fepromaron and fenindion.


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