Anticoagulant rodenticides are poisons used to kill rats. Rodenticide means rodent killer. An anticoagulant is a blood thinner.

Anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning occurs when someone swallows a product containing these chemicals.

This is for information only and not for use in the treatment or management of an actual poison exposure. If you have an exposure, you should call your local emergency number (such as 911) or the National Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222.

Rat killer poisoning; Rodenticide poisoning

• 2-iso-valeryl-1,3-indandione
• 2-pivaloyl-1,3-indandione
• Brodifacoum
• Chlorophacinone
• Coumachlor
• Difenacoum
• Diphacinone
• Warfarin

Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.

• D-Con, Mouse Prufe II, Talon (Brodifacoum)
• Ramik, Diphacin (Diphacinone)

Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.

Review Date: 07/20/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)