Uses and Administration Warfarin is a coumarin anticoagulant used in the treatment and prophylaxis of thromboembolic disorders. It acts by depressing the hepatic vitamin Independent synthesis of coagulation factors II (prothrombin), VII, LX, and X, and of the anticoagulant protein C and its cofactor protein S. For an explanation of the coagulation cascade, see Haemostasis [...]
Many compounds interact with warfarin and other oral anticoagulants. Details of these interactions are given below for all oral anticoagulants with different groups of drugs; if the anticoagulant is other than warfarin, then its identity is specified. The major interactions are summarised in the tables, below. Drugs generally recognized as diminishing the effects of oral [...]
Drug Nomenclature Synonyms: Sodium Warfarin; Varfariininatrium; Varfarino natrio druska; Warfarin sodná sůl; Warfarin-nátrium; Warfarina sódica; Warfarinnatrium; Warfarinum Natricum BAN: Warfarin Sodium [BANM] INN: Warfarin Sodium [rINNM (en)] INN: Warfarina sódica [rINNM (es)] INN: Warfarine Sodique [rINNM (fr)] INN: Natrii Warfarinum [rINNM (la)] INN: Натрий Варфарин [rINNM (ru)] Chemical name: The sodium salt of 4-hydroxy-3-(3-oxo-1-phenylbutyl)coumarin ; [...]
