warfarin

Converse of object

• prescribe: During the baseline study, only 10 % of patients were prescribed prophylactic warfarin.
• compare: For warfarin compared with aspirin it was 30 ( 16 to 478 ).
• receive: Patients were randomly selected to receive warfarin or not.
• take: People taking warfarin should be warned against using aspirin to relieve pain.
• include: Trying to prevent thrombus formation is often done prophylactically, and agents used may include warfarin or heparin.
• use: What are the pros and cons of using warfarin in a frail elderly person tenuously hanging on to an independent existence?

Preposition: in

• patient: The use of warfarin in AF patients is expanding, and there are concerns about how monitoring should be undertaken in the future.

Adjective modifier

• anticoagulant: The INR is also used to monitor therapy with the anticoagulant warfarin.
• e.g.: Interactions: Consult a physician if already using anti-coagulant medication ( e.g. warfarin ).
• low: Partial anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin ( LMWH ) or low dose warfarin ( INR 1.5 ) are relative contraindications.

Modifies a noun

• dose: The effect of vitamin K on warfarin dose requirements should further be evaluated.
• therapy: A new regimen for starting warfarin therapy in outpatients.
• treatment: Long-term warfarin treatment did not appear to lead to an increased risk of major hemorrhage or stroke.
• activity: Papain Papain, an enzyme extract of papaya, was associated with increased warfarin activity in one patient.
• requirement: The effect of vitamin K on warfarin dose requirements should further be evaluated.
• anticoagulation: An audit of warfarin anticoagulation in teaching hospital patients.

Noun used with modifier

• dose: Partial anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin ( LMWH ) or low dose warfarin ( INR 1.5 ) are relative contraindications.
• drug: This is obviously very significant for people on the contraceptive pill or the blood-thinning drug warfarin, who are at risk of a stroke.
• eg: People taking anticoagulant medicines used to prevent the blood clotting, eg warfarin, should not take aspirin to relieve pain or inflammation.
• low-intensity: Furthermore, the low-intensity warfarin regimen did not reduce the risk of clinically important bleeding.