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Blood Thinners

What are blood thinners?

Blood thinners are medicines that prevent blood clots from forming. They do not break up clots that you already have. But they can stop those clots from getting bigger. It's important to treat blood clots, because clots in your blood vessels and heart can cause heart attacks, strokes, and blockages.

Who needs blood thinners?

You may need a blood thinner if you have:

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Results 1 - 10 of 607 for anticoagulants
  1. Blood Thinners (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are blood thinners? Blood thinners are medicines that prevent blood clots from forming. They do not break up clots that you already have. But they ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/bloodthinners.html - Health Topics
  2. Taking warfarin (Coumadin) 
    Jaffer IH, Weitz JI. Anticoagulant therapy. In: Sidawy AN, Perler BA, eds. Rutherford's Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy . 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2023:chap ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000292.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. How to give a heparin shot 
    Your health care provider prescribed a blood thinning medicine called heparin. It has to be given as a shot at home. A nurse or other ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000661.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Anticoagulant rodenticides poisoning 
    Anticoagulant rodenticides are poisons used to kill rats. Rodenticide means rodent killer. An anticoagulant is a blood thinner. Anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning occurs ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002595.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Anticoagulants and Drug-Food Interactions (National Jewish Health)  
    ... important medicine and diet considerations when taking an anticoagulant medicine. ... anticoagulant medicine, anticoagulant
    https://www.nationaljewish.org/...and-drug-food-interactions?modal=1 - External Health Links
  6. Anticoagulants (Texas Heart Institute)  
    Although anticoagulants are called blood thinners, these medicines do not really thin your blood. Instead, they decrease the blood's ability to clot. Decreased clotting keeps fewer ...
    https://www.texasheart.org/.../topics/anticoagulants - External Health Links
  7. Dabigatran 
    ... older who have been treated with an injectable anticoagulant ('blood thinner'). It is also used to reduce the risk ... valve disease. Dabigatran is in a class of anticoagulant medications called direct thrombin inhibitors. It works by ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a610024.html - Drugs and Supplements
  8. Blood Thinners: Can I Still Get Blood Clots? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Blood Thinners/Related Issues ... Blood Thinners ... Blood Clots/Related Issues ... Blood Clots ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../blood-thinners/faq-20058261?p=1 - External Health Links
  9. Blood Thinners and Dental Care (American Academy of Oral Medicine)  
    Blood Thinners/Related Issues ... Blood Thinners ... Dental Health/Specifics ... Dental Health ... American Academy of Oral Medicine
    https://www.aaom.com/...patient-condition-information&Itemid=120 - External Health Links
  10. Antiplatelet drugs - P2Y12 inhibitors 
    ... taking any of these drugs: Heparin and other blood thinners, such as warfarin (Coumadin) Pain or arthritis medicine ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000100.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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