"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.
>

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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Jim Silverton
Potomac, Maryland