"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> James Silverton wrote:
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>> "Kent" > wrote in message
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>> > BTW, coumadin, as you but not many others know, is the generic
>> > name for the drug.
>> > Warfarin is the old brand name. Warfarin stans for "Wisconsin
>> > Alumni Research Foundation", which held
>> > original copyright for the drug, where largely, it was
>> > developed. I'm an old UW alumnus.
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>> Will someone please explain to me why the perfectly satisfactory
>> generic name warfarin should be changed to coumadin? I know
>> that, for some reason, I have my blood cotting time measured at
>> a "Coumadin Clinic".
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> Do you really want to take a drug that sounds like 'warfare' regardless
> of the origin of the name LOL? Coumadin is the trademarked name of
> Dupont's brand of warfarin. Our local university hospital also has a
> 'coumadin' clinic.
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>> --
>> Jim Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
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Coumadin is the generic name applied to the drug Warfarin. WARF had the
original patent for coumadin and gave it the brand name of Warfarin.
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID is the generic name for the brand name ASPIRIN,
originally owned by Bayer Co. Anybody can use the term ASA, or
ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID. Nowadays we all use the term[s] aspirin or ASA
interchangeably.

Also we now use the terms Warfarin and Coumadin interchangeably. Warfarin
was the original brand name for coumadin. Both terms as used today to
characterize the same drug, even on prescriptions written by your local
doctor.

Kent