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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 497 for anticoagulant
  1. Blood Thinners (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... thinners? There are different types of blood thinners: Anticoagulants, such as heparin or warfarin (also called Coumadin), ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/bloodthinners.html - Health Topics
  2. 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
  3. Anticoagulants and Drug-Food Interactions (National Jewish Health)  
    ... important medicine and diet considerations when taking an anticoagulant medicine.
    https://www.nationaljewish.org/...and-drug-food-interactions?modal=1 - External Health Links
  4. Anticoagulants (Texas Heart Institute)  
    Although anticoagulants are called blood thinners, these medicines do not really thin your blood. Instead, they decrease the blood's ...
    https://www.texasheart.org/.../topics/anticoagulants - External Health Links
  5. 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
  6. What Are Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents? Easy-to-Read (American Heart Association) - PDF  
    Ischemic Stroke/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Ischemic Stroke ... Blood Thinners/Start Here ... Blood Thinners ... American Heart Association ... Easy-to-Read ... PDF
    https://www.heart.org/...-anticoagulants-and-antiplatelet-agents.pdf - External Health Links
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Anticoagulants From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Blood Thinners/Clinical Trials ... Blood Thinners ... National Institutes of Health ... From the National Institutes of Health
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...icoagulants"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
  8. Dabigatran 
    ... older who have been treated with an injectable anticoagulant ('blood thinner'). It is also used to reduce ... 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
  9. Prothrombin time (PT) 
    Prothrombin time (PT) is a blood test that measures the time it takes for the liquid portion (plasma) of your blood to clot. It measures ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003652.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. 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
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