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2. Anticoagulant - Wikipedia

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   An anticoagulant, commonly known as a blood thinner, is a chemical substance that prevents or reduces the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time. [1] Some occur naturally in blood-eating animals, such as leeches and mosquitoes, which help keep the bite area unclotted long enough for the animal to obtain blood.

3. Researchers are developing a blood thinner with a lower risk ...

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   Researchers are working to develop a unique anticoagulant (blood thinner) that would bring a lower risk of bleeding than the options currently on the market. Researchers are developing a blood ...

4. Rivaroxaban - Wikipedia

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   Rivaroxaban, sold under the brand name Xarelto among others, is an anticoagulant medication (blood thinner) used to treat and prevent blood clots. [8] Specifically it is used to treat deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary emboli and prevent blood clots in atrial fibrillation and following hip or knee surgery. [8]

5. Direct factor Xa inhibitors - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the introduction of direct factor Xa inhibitors, vitamin K antagonists such as warfarin were the only oral anticoagulants for over 60 years, and together with heparin have been the main blood thinners in use. People admitted to hospital requiring blood thinning were started on an infusion of heparin infusion, which thinned blood ...

6. Heart diseases raise dementia risk: Could a common blood ...

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   Heparin, a form of heparan sulfate used since the 1930s to prevent blood clots, does not enter the brain, but researchers speculate it could delay Alzheimer’s by disrupting ApoE-HSPG interactions.

7. Warfarin - Wikipedia

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   Warfarin is indicated for the prophylaxis and treatment of venous thrombosis and its extension, pulmonary embolism; [9] prophylaxis and treatment of thromboembolic complications associated with atrial fibrillation and/or cardiac valve replacement; [9] and reduction in the risk of death, recurrent myocardial infarction, and thromboembolic events such as stroke or systemic embolization after ...

8. Bad News for Blood Thinners? - AOL

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   Earlier this week, Motley Fool health-care bureau chief Brenton Flynn discussed Johnson & Johnson's failed attempt to get its blood thinner Xarelto approved by the FDA for a lucrative new ...

9. Andexanet alfa - Wikipedia

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   Common side effects include pneumonia and urinary tract infections. [9] Severe side effects may include blood clots or cardiac arrest. [9]Andexanet alfa has a boxed warning that it is associated with arterial and venous blood clots, ischemic events, cardiac arrest, and sudden deaths.