Getting the dose of coumadin right can be difficult.  There are several algorithms for dosing, and at many of our medical centers nurses staff dedicated anticoagulation clinics.  Now there appears to be a new tool for safe and effective coumadin prescribing, a coumadin sensitivity test that looks at variations in the genes associated associated with response to coumadin–CYP2C9 and VKORC1.  You can read all about it at Hsien Hsien Lei’s excellent Genetics and Health site.

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