ORLANDO, Florida — Warfarin-induced coagulopathy is reversed faster with a weight-based factor VIII inhibitor bypassing activity regimen than with fresh frozen plasma, according to new research.

THE coumarin anticoagulants depress the synthesis of four clotting factors: prothrombin; proconvertin (factor VII); Stuart factor (factor X); and plasma thromboplastin component, or PTC (factor IX).

THE increasing enthusiasm for treating thromboembolic diseases with prothrombin-reducing drugs for long periods in ambulatory patients has emphasized the lack of clear definition of the therapeutic ...

INDIANAPOLIS, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Medicare Part B will now cover and pay for meter training, equipment and supplies for all long-term warfarin users who monitor their prothrombin time at home ...

Regarding the patient who takes a 5-mg warfarin tablet five or six days a week and a half tablet the other days in order to reach a certain international normalized ratio (INR) Item 102-3), what ...

FDA and Roche have added a BLACK BOX WARNING and strengthened the PRECAUTIONS section in the label for Xeloda, indicated for the treatment of colorectal and breast cancer. A clinically important ...

Q: I have a lot of arthritic pain, so when you mentioned turmeric for joint pain, I thought I would try it. In three days, my nose was bleeding. I take the anticoagulant Coumadin, so I was concerned.