Anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs, sometimes called blood thinners, help prevent blood clots. There are many options, including heparin and warfarin. Preventing clots reduces the risk of stroke and ...

Medications for pulmonary embolism may decrease the size of blood clots, help dissolve them, or reduce the risk of recurrence. All of these medications carry the risk of bleeding. A pulmonary embolism ...

While the three drugs accounted for less than 10% of all anticoagulant prescriptions, they are linked to more than 90% of deaths reported to the FDA since 2010, the analysis found. The numbers are ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have shown a link between which type of oral anticoagulant (blood-thinning medication) a patient takes to prevent a stroke and increased risks of kidney ...

In stroke patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), adding an antiplatelet to an oral anticoagulant (OAC) does not reduce ischemic events and more than doubles bleeding ...