News tagged with drug warfarin
Study finds warfarin underutilized in women
Dr. Rabab Mohsin, an internal medicine resident at the University of Kentucky, working with Dr. Alison Bailey of the University of Kentucky Gill Heart Institute, has discovered that the drug warfarin was underutilized in ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Apixaban superior to warfarin for preventing stroke, reducing bleeding and saving lives
A large-scale trial finds that apixaban, a new anticoagulant drug, is superior to the standard drug warfarin for preventing stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation. Moreover, apixaban results in ...
Aug 28, 2011 |
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Study shows ability of new agent to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation
In the primary result from the largest double-blind study ever completed to assess a drug's effect in the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm abnormality, rivaroxaban, an anti-clotting ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Thousands of patients prescribed high-risk drugs
Thousands of patients in Scotland who are particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events (ADEs) were prescribed high-risk medications by their GPs which could potentially cause them harm, according to research published in ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Experimental blood thinner gets high marks
An experimental blood thinner called rivaroxaban is at least as good at preventing strokes as the old "war horse" warfarin, which has been used for decades in people with erratic heartbeats, researchers said Monday. The drug ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Stroke-blocking device shows promise, doctors say
(AP) -- A novel device to treat a common heart problem that can lead to stroke showed promise in testing, but not without risk, new research shows.
Mar 28, 2009 |
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