"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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Indeed, it is used in medicine in small doses to thin the blood in
certain conditions. My mother took it after having a stroke.

That soundsalmost like a case of closing the stable door after the
horse
has bolted. Warfarin cannot disperse an existing clot. It can only
prevent
a clot from forming in the first instance.

To prevent a recurrence, mayhap?

Granted.

Franz