Word: warfarin
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...answer is warfarin, the most prescribed anticoagulant in North America that unites these seemingly disparate phenomenon with two vastly different medical issues: anticoagulation and tuberculosis...
...Warfarin was first discovered during the Great Depression when dairy cattle on a Wisconsin farm suffered excessive bleeding from consuming spoiled sweet red clover hay, which was later found to contain a warfarin-like compound that inhibits blood clotting...