Kent wrote:
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> "Arri London" > wrote in message
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> > James Silverton wrote:
> >>
> >> "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".
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Silverton
> >> Potomac, Maryland
> >
> >
> 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

Coumadin is still a brand name. It was never a generic name.