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Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes by JulianMorrison on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:35PM (#23082560)
When you get a blood clot, Warfarin that they give you for it is literally a vitamin K blocker.
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Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes by legerdemain on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:48PM (#23083368)
Warfarin is also literally used as rat poison, with the same mechanism of action.
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Re:Coronavirus Causes Damaging Blood Clots from Brain to Toes by mmastrac on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:59PM (#23086118)
"The dose makes the poison."

Botox is a pretty powerful tool for doctors when applied locally in small quantities, but often fatal in Botulism. Water is necessary for life, but hyponatremia is a real thing.

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