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Warfarin: Taking Your Medicine Safely
Warfarin is a medicine that helps prevent blood clots. Because it prevents clots, it also helps prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other problems caused by blood clots.
It's important to know how to take warfarin safely.
What is warfarin?
Why is safety an issue when you take warfarin?
How do you take warfarin safely?
Where to go from here
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| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: February 10, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, MD - Hematology | |
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