Saturday October 24, 2009
Medical Trivia

Do you know that -

Coumadin was first approved for medical use in humans in 1954. And a famous early recipient of warfarin was US president Dwight Eisenhower, who was prescribed the drug after having a heart attack in 1955.

Reference: The discovery of dicumarol and its sequels - Circulation. 1959 Jan;19(1):97-107