News tagged with warfarin
Warfarin and aspirin are similar in heart failure treatment
In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients with normal heart rhythm, according to late-breaking ...
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Feb 03, 2012 |
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Rivaroxaban has less risk of brain bleeding in patients at high risk for stroke
For patients with a type of irregular heart beat called atrial fibrillation (AF), a new anti-clotting drug might be better at preventing clot-related strokes while minimizing the risk of causing a bleeding stroke. The research ...
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Feb 02, 2012 |
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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 ...
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Dec 13, 2011 |
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New method for safer dosing of anticoagulants
Elderly people with atrial fibrillation are often treated with anticoagulants to thin the blood, but this medicine is hard to dose and patients have to have their blood tested regularly. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Blood clot risk halved for patients checking their own Warfarin dose
(Medical Xpress) -- Patients who monitor their own treatment with warfarin or other blood-thinning drugs reduce their risk of developing blood clots by half, an Oxford University study has found.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Heart patients who take vitamins less likely to take medication as prescribed, according to study
Atrial Fibrillation patients who are prescribed the powerful blood thinner warfarin often take it with vitamins or supplements that can hamper its effectiveness, or skip doses completely, increasing their risk for stroke, ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 14, 2011 |
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ARISTOTLE trial finds new drug may revolutionize the treatment of atrial fibrillation
New research has the potential to revolutionize the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), a condition affecting a quarter of a million Canadians which is expected to strike even more in the coming years, as the Canadian ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Oct 26, 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 ...
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Aug 10, 2011 |
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With secondhand gene, 'freaky mouse' defeats common poison
Over millennia, mice have thrived despite humanity's efforts to keep them at bay. A Rice University scientist argues some mice have found two ways to achieve a single goal -- resistance to common poison.
Jul 21, 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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Bristol-Myers recalls Coumadin blood thinner
(AP) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. says it is recalling one production lot of its blood thinner Coumadin after finding an oversize tablet.
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May 02, 2011 |
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New anti-clotting drug added to recommendations for treating irregular heartbeat
The newly approved drug dabigatran is an alternative to warfarin to help prevent dangerous blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation, according to updated guidelines from the American College of Cardiology, American ...
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Feb 14, 2011 |
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Patients using warfarin have higher risk of death after trauma
Warfarin use may be associated with a significant increase in the risk of death after traumatic injuries, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May print issue of Archives of Surgery.
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Researchers measure quality of care in oral anticoagulation
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Bedford VA Medical Center believe that risk-adjusted percent time in therapeutic range (TTR) should be used as part of an effort to improve anticoagulation ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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