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I hate to say it, but I've had several people in my family take Coumadin. It's basically rat poison taken in such small amounts you can still live. It's level in the blood MUST be monitored weekly to make sure you aren't overdosing. The problems come in when the clot they are worried about finally breaks loose and you die. My mother made it a couple of years, but ended up with a stroke and died. My aunt had a clot in her leg and was about to return to work when it broke loose and went to her heart. Other uncles and aunts and cousins have had similar results.

Doctors seem to think it's just another drug in the arsenal to fight clotting, but I see it as rat poison.

Besides me thinking Hillary is Satan in a pantsuit, I don't think it's a good idea to have a POTUS that needs Coumadin. Taking a couple of aspirins a day, IMO, would do just as good with fewer risks. My father in law took Plavix for a few weeks, but couldn't afford them so he switched to 1 aspirin a day. He lived for 15 years after stopping Plavix and died of other causes than blood clots.

I don't want to say Coumadin is a 100% death sentence,(I know people that have taken it for a long period), but I can assure you it's way up there and I don't want to be in the middle of a war with a dying POTUS.

It’s not metaphorically rat poison - it’s literally rat poison. And rat poison with a sort of evil genius all its own. The idea is that rats eat it, the bleed internally, they get thirsty and they go outside in search of water which means they don’t die inside your walls etc.

Having said all that - it’s saved many, many human lives.

It’s not all that uncommon for something to be helpful in low doses and harmful or lethal in larger doses - happens all the time. Digoxin or Digitalis is one example that comes to mind. Tylenol is definitely another. Something as simple as potassium could be another.

My mom is in a similar situation. She’s been taking Coumadin for several years because she’s scared to death of having a stroke. Unfortunately, it leaves her arms and legs looking like she’s been beaten with a baseball bat.