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'''Warfarin''' is a an [[anticoagulant]] medication used prophylactically to suppress the formation of [[thrombosis]] and [[embolism]]. It was originally designed to be a rat poison. It works as an anticogulant by suppressing the enzyme [[epoxide reductase]] in the liver, thereby suppresing the formation of the reduced form of [[vitamine K]] epoxiide, which is needed for the synthesis of many coagulation factors. | '''Warfarin''' is a an [[anticoagulant]] medication used prophylactically to suppress the formation of [[thrombosis]] and [[embolism]]. It was originally designed to be a rat poison. It works as an anticogulant by suppressing the enzyme [[epoxide reductase]] in the liver, thereby suppresing the formation of the reduced form of [[vitamine K]] epoxiide, which is needed for the synthesis of many coagulation factors. | ||
Revision as of 12:18, 22 January 2008
Warfarin is a an anticoagulant medication used prophylactically to suppress the formation of thrombosis and embolism. It was originally designed to be a rat poison. It works as an anticogulant by suppressing the enzyme epoxide reductase in the liver, thereby suppresing the formation of the reduced form of vitamine K epoxiide, which is needed for the synthesis of many coagulation factors.