Safely use Warfarin
Many patients are harmed every day because they are incorrectly taking their prescribed oral anticoagulation therapy, warfarin. This very important "blood thinner" has an unpredictable reaction in many patients and interacts with many medications creating unsafe situations for patients in which serious bleeding and possibly death may occur. If you are taking warfarin you should take this opportunity to discuss its safe use with your clinician and pharmacist. Please be sure to take your medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor or healthcare provider. From ISMP: “A recent report by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) notes that some health professionals and patients may not realize that Jantoven is a brand name for the drug warfarin. That could result in inadvertently prescribing and dispensing two warfarin-containing medications for the same patient. ISMP cites the case of a patient who had been taking warfarin at home and continued the drug while in the