Advantages And Disadvantages Of Warfarin

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Warfarin

Warfarin, (Coumadin) is the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulant for patients. It was originally used for rat poisoning in mid 1900's. It was later discovered safe for humans to digest, to reduce blood clots from forming in the blood or arteries. Vitamin K plays a major role for blood clotting The drug inhibits the enzyme vitamin K epoxide reductase and interferes with blood coagulation. Patients prescribed with this drug is advised to consume less food that are rich in vitamin K because it reduces the effects of Warfarin. Warfarin,(Coumadin) has a chemical formula of C19H15NaO4. The expanded structure formula for this drug is more detailed compared to the skeletal structural formula. Every single atom and bond connected are shown in the formula. The drug Warfarin,(Coumadin) has nineteen carbons attached with hydrogens, which are only attached if the carbon does not have four bonds connected to it, four oxygens along with one derivative which is Na. The molar mass, (which is the sum of the masses in grams of all the elements within the compound) for this compound is 330.3g = 1 mole C19H15NaO4.

To prepare 50.0 mL of 5.30 x 10–2 M solution from Warfarin and water one needs exactly .875 grams (which is calculated by converting the 50.0mL to liters and multiplying the liters with the molarity over one liter to cancel out the liters. Then the molarity from that answer gets multiplied to the grams of the drug over one mole which gives the answer .875) of the drug on a

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