Pennyaline wrote on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:46:27 -0700:

P> Kent wrote:
??>> Coumadin is the generic name applied to the drug
??>> Warfarin.

P> Actually, Kent, Coumadin (capitalized) is a brand name for
P> the generic drug warfarin sodium (not capitalized).

P> There are many brand names for warfarin sodium, as many as
P> there are manufacturers of warfarin sodium.

??>> 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.

This is a silly argument. I think many insurers ask to be
allowed to make generic substitutions, as does mine: BCBS. It is
superstition to believe that there is any difference except
sometimes in the color of the pills.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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