Many brand drugs have less-expensive generic or brand alternatives that might be an option for you. For the preferred medications listed in this document, if a step therapy is commonly required, it will generally be noted next to the medication with a dot under the step therapy column. Some...
Acupuncture is a treatment that comes from traditional Chinese medicine and uses very fine stainless steel needles placed in your skin to treat health problems. In the U.S., it's most often used as a complementary therapy to treat chronic pain, like that linked to arthritis. It can be exp...
It is important to note that many foods, particularly those rich in vitamin K, can interact with warfarin. Among the foods that can interfere with warfarin’s action (increasing the likelihood of excessive blood clotting) are green leafy vegetables (eg, kale, spinach, collards, Swiss chard, ...
drug companies have worked for years to come up with warfarin substitutes—that is, anticoagulant drugs that can be taken orally. Four of these new oral anticoagulant drugs (called the NOAC drugs) have now been approved. These are Pradaxa (dabigatran), Xarelto (rivaroxaban),...
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The drug made from that chemical, Coumadin (warfarin), is used to prevent blood clots in humans. Diflucan is used to treat fungal infections, which you wouldn't know from its name--but you would see how the name came to be if you knew that the drug's generic is fluconazole. Ultram,...
Frozen vegetables – but Sarah, they’re more expensive than fresh. Yeah, they are, but they don’t go bad as quickly. Again, the thing is to watch for sales and large packages. (Again, it is a good idea to freeze them in smaller portions.) We usually have cauli flower and broccoli...
The vitamin K antagonists Warfarin is the vitamin K antagonist most familiar to Australians. Phenindione (Dindevan) is available for people with warfarin intolerance but is very expensive for community patients and in limited supply. Oral warfarin is quickly and completely absorbed and has a half-...
This is the case for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, a well-documented risk factor for stroke. There is a trade-off between the well-known protective effect of oral anticoagulation (warfarin) on stroke, and the increased risk of bleeding. This makes decision making complex, even more so...
People often suspect this is caused by rodents that are immune to the rodenticide. Warfarin-resistant rodents are apparently a problem in Europe, but there are very few reports of resistance in the United States. In any event, no one uses Warfarin anymore. I don’t think anyone, anywhere, ...