by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public DomainGiving blood thinners in addition to clot-busting medications to people with ischemic strokes (clot-caused strokes) did not improve their outcomes 90 days later, according to preliminary late-breaking science presented today at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2024. These results are from the MOST (Multi-Arm Optimization of Stroke...
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7 Common Questions About Mixing NSAIDs and Blood Thinners
Written by Nicole E. Cieri-Hutcherson, PharmD, BCPS, NCMP | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Updated on January 20, 2023 Key takeaways: Blood thinners are medications used to prevent or treat clots that form in the blood. They can interact with over-the-counter (OTC) medications that contain nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), and naproxen...
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Study finds it safe to give clot-busting drug to stroke patients who took blood thinners
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain Stroke patients on long-term blood thinners who were given the clot-busting drug alteplase enjoyed better recoveries than those who did not receive the drug and had no increased risk of bleeding, a new study led by UTSW researchers shows. The results run counter to the common...
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Safer, newer blood thinners are under-prescribed for elderly and at-risk patients
by Elsevier Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients with atrial fibrillation are at risk of forming clots that can migrate to the brain and cause dangerous strokes; these can be prevented by chronic administration of blood-thinning drugs (anticoagulants). Introduced to the market in the past decade, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are a much safer option for...
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Two blood thinners at once: More risk with the same reward
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN More blood thinners aren’t automatically better, another study confirms. A new publication in JAMA Internal Medicine focuses on the minimal pros and the concerning cons of combining a daily aspirin with a drug from the newer class of anticoagulants that include apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban and rivaroxaban. Patients were taking one of...