Surreptitious Ingestion of Coumarin Anticoagulant Drugs
Authors: ROBERT A. O'REILLY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Article1 May 1966Surreptitious Ingestion of Coumarin Anticoagulant DrugsROBERT A. O'REILLY, M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL M. AGGELER, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT A. O'REILLY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL M. AGGELER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-5-1034 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCoumarin and indanedione anticoagulant drugs are commonly used in the treatment of thromboembolic disorders. In addition, they have been used occasionally to accomplish murder (1), to commit suicide (2), or to produce factitious disease (3-7). Rarely, they have been dispensed in error by a pharmacist (8) or have been confused by the patient with other medications (8).Surreptitious ingestion of an anticoagulant should be suspected in patients who have an unexplained acquired hemorrhagic diathesis associated with low prothrombin complex activity. It should be thought of particularly in persons who have access to coumarin or indanedione compounds, either as medication or...References1. IKKALAMYLLYLÄNEVANLINNAPELKONENPYÖRÄLÄ EGHRRK: Haemorrhagic diathesis due to criminal poisoning with warfarin. Acta Med. Scand. 176: 201, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. HOLMESLOVE RWJ: Suicide attempt with warfarin, a bishydroxycoumarin-like rodenticide. JAMA 148: 935, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. STAFNEMOE WAAE: Hypoprothrombinemia due to dicumarol in a malingerer: case report. Ann. Intern. Med. 35: 910, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar4. 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