On Dec 11, 11:55 pm, Arri London > wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
>
> > "Kent" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > > 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".
>
> 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.

If I recall correctly, the first time I heard of Warfarin was an
article in Reader's Digest in the early 1960's describing it as the
perfect way to kill rats.

Warfarin may not have been the perfect name for early patients who had
read that article. (You want me to take WHAT???)

I remember being a bit shocked when I heard that it was now a drug
for humans.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada