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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. Enoxaparin sodium - Wikipedia

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   Enoxaparin sodium, sold under the brand name Lovenox among others, is an anticoagulant medication (blood thinner). [11] It is used to treat and prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) including during pregnancy and following certain types of surgery. [11]

4. 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 ...

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

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   In another new study, researchers suggest that the blood thinner heparin may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease by interfering with harmful protein interactions in the brain; however, more ...

6. Heparin - Wikipedia

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   [3] [4] Heparin is a blood anticoagulant that increases the activity of antithrombin. [5] It is used in the treatment of heart attacks and unstable angina. [3] It can be given intravenously or by injection under the skin. [3] Its anticoagulant properties make it useful to prevent blood clotting in blood specimen test tubes and kidney dialysis ...

7. FDA Is Set Decide the Fate of AstraZeneca's Heart Drug Brilinta

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   The blood thinner, if approved, would be used for. More than a year after AstraZeneca (AZN) filed for approval of its potential blockbuster heart drug Brilinta, the Food and Drug Administration ...

8. Apixaban - Wikipedia

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   Apixaban, sold under the brand name Eliquis, is an anticoagulant medication used to treat and prevent blood clots and to prevent stroke in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation through directly inhibiting factor Xa.

9. Dalteparin sodium - Wikipedia

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   It is normally administered by self-injection. The CLOT study, published in 2003, showed that in patients with malignancy and acute venous thromboembolism (VTE), dalteparin was more effective than warfarin in reducing the risk of recurrent embolic events. [4] Dalteparin is not superior to unfractionated heparin in preventing blood clots. [5]