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Coumadin (warfarin) is the active ingredient in rat poison. That being said, Coumadin is dosed, for humans, in a manner which prevents blood clotting (especially for those at risk), and does not act as a poison at the therapeutic dosage level. (However, when rats ingest the high concentrations of warfarin in rat poison, they bleed to death, internally.)

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Is rat poisoning in coumadin?

Rat poison IS coumadin.


How do you spell Warsarin?

The chemical warfarin is a blood-thinning agent (trademark name Coumadin) also used as rat poison.


Can a person survive after eating rat poison?

Yes, one type of rat poison, sodium warfarin, also known as Coumadin, Jantoven, Marevan, Lawarin, and Waran, is routinely prescribed as a blood thinner to patients with heart disease and other illnesses.


Therapeutic medications derived from a poison?

One example of this is Coumadin (Warfarin). This anti-coagulation drug was first developed as a rat poison. It would cause the rat to excessively bleed, thus this is how it killed them. Later they determined if they can get the dosing right, it can be used for patients who have clotting disorders.


Does coumadin have rat poison?

It's the other way around. Coumadin, long-time anticoagulant medication used by humans was applied as a rat toxin. The idea was that, a medication in a dosage harmless to humans would prove fatal for rats, mostly because of comparative sizes: A dose for a 150lb human was a massive overdose for a 6oz. rat. And this worked for a while. However, rats evolved past this and now, a human-normal dose of coumadin is no longer toxic for rats. To address this we've gone on to "super-coumadin" for rats -- another anticoagulant, only this time the rat-lethal (or LD50) does is also acutely toxic to humans.


How can you kill pigeons with rat poison?

To kill the pigeons with rat poison, you will have to poison their food with the rat poison. You can poison the water that the pigeons drink and the cereals that the pigeons eat.


What is black rat poison called?

Black rat poison.


Is rat poison really in toothpaste?

There is no rat poison in toothpaste. Never.


Which element is used for rat poison'?

Barium is used for rat poison.


If you ate rat poison and died could it be human poison instead?

No, it could not, because the poison was specifically designed to kill rats, and was developed as a rat poison/killer, not a human poison/killer. It would still be considered rat poison, even if the human died from the rat poison.


Why does coumadin rot your teeth?

Because it's rat posion


Will coumadin give a false positive for cocaine?

No. Coumadin is a fancy medical name for a sophisticated medication used in heart disease treatment. In more powerful form it is also sold as a rat poison under the brand name WARFARIN.Coumadin is a brand name. Warfarin is the generic. All dose strengths of one are available in the other, thus "in more powerful form it is also sold as a rat poison under the brand name WARFARIN." Coumadin is used as a powerful anticoagulant for much more than "heart disease treatment" - for example pulmonary emboli and deep vein thromboses.