Warfarin
Institute of
America
Al Lodwick, RPh, MA
Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider
Founder of the
Warfarin Institute of America
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Mr. Lodwick is a pharmacist who specialized in the monitoring and dosing of warfarin. He has been recognized by the National Certification Board for Anticoagulation Providers as a Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider. This is the highest level of recognition in this field. During the past eight years, people have made more than 35,000 visits to his clinic. He is a member of the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists, The Anticoagulation Forum and a past-president of The Southern Colorado Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Mr. Lodwick was the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Coloradan Award given by the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy. He has served as an expert consultant and witness in several legal actions, including a murder trial. While he is no longer involved in active warfarin management, he continues to educate people in the firld of anticoagulation management.
In 1998 he was recognized as having one of the ten best quality improvement projects among pharmacists nationwide by receiving the Abbott Laboratories Hospital Pharmacy Quality Awards.
Mr. Lodwick has written many articles on warfarin therapy for Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, Pharmacy Times, Managed Care, American Journal of Cardiology, Drug Benefit Trends and others. He has given many talks to professional groups on the subject of warfarin.
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Disclaimer: Nothing in this information should be used as a justification for discontinuing warfarin therapy. Inappropriate stopping of warfarin may lead to a blood clot, stroke or death. Use this information for a discussion with your physician.
By using this site you agree to not use it as a reason to stop taking warfarin or any other medication. If you have an emergency you should contact your physician or proceed to the nearest hospital emergency department.
Disclosure of financial relationships: Mr. Lodwick has received payments for presentations made on behalf of DuPont Pharma, formerly the manufacturer of Coumadin brand of warfarin, from Pharmacia, the manufacturer of Celebrex brand of celecoxib and Bextra brand of valdecoxib and from Roche Diagnostics the maker of CoaguChek. He has also served as a consultant to AstraZeneca, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and Searle (now Pfizer) and is a member of the Eisai Pharma Speaker's Bureau.
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