Warfarin is used to treat blood clots (such as in deep vein thrombosis-DVT or pulmonary embolus-PE) and/or to prevent new clots from forming in your body. Preventing harmful blood clots helps to reduce the risk of a stroke or heart attack.
Laverne Cox is one busy woman. Not only is she busy promoting her work as Sophia on the new season of Orange Is the New Black, but she's also producing a one-hour special for MTV and Logo about four transgender teenagers and a documentary about a trans woman who was sent to a men's prison after being attacked on the street.
âSeeing a black transgender woman embracing and loving everything about her body might be inspiring for some folks,â said the Orange Is the New Black actress after initially turning down the photo shoot. âGoing through life, you try to cover and hide, but it doesnât really work,â said Laverne Cox, 30, featured in Allureâs âThe Naked Truthâ spread. Cox turned down the shoot by Norman Jean Roy initially, but then reconsidered. âIâm a black transgender woman. I felt this could be really powerful for the communities that I represent,â she said.