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Reversing the effects of the new anti-clotting drugs
The oral anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) became available for prescription in 1954. This anti-clotting drug commanded national attention when President Dwight Eisenhower received the drug as part of his treatment following a heart attack. No other oral anticoagulant was successfully developed and marketed in the United States until 2010. Warfarin is a dangerous drug. Along with insulin, it is responsible for the most emergency hospitalizations due to adverse drug reactions. Whereas insulin causes low blood sugar, warfarin is notorious for the complication of major bleeding. Warfarin is plagued by hundreds of drug-drug an...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - December 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD Tags: Drugs and Supplements Health Heart Health Hypertension and Stroke anti-clotting coumadin deep-vein-thrombosis DVT Source Type: news

Doctors: Clinton Should Recover Fully From Clot
WebMD Medical News By Salynn Boyles Reviewed by Michael W. Smith, MD Jan. 2, 2013 — Medical experts say Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is extremely lucky that her medical team found the blood clot they are now treating with blood thinners. The rare clot in a vein between her brain and skull was discovered during a follow-up exam Sunday, weeks after she reportedly sustained a concussion following a fall in her home during a bout of stomach flu. The experts agreed that Clinton’s clot could have threatened her life if it had been missed during the routine exam. Q & A Where is Secretary Clinton’s blo...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news

Anticoagulants could have reduced stroke risk
A hospital doctor was shocked that a woman with AF was not prescribed warfarin, says Charlotte MacNeil
Source: Telegraph Health - June 9, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Self-Advocacy
On August 18, 2008 I went up to the office to do a load of xeroxing, throwing my bag in the back seat of the car. When I got to school, however, something was wrong. Though early in the am, it was like I was drunk, with walking wobbly and difficult. Being a compulsive, I idiotically worked for half an hour, holding on to the copying machine to steady myself. Then I drove home (second stupid act), called the health help line, where they told me to get to the ER. And don't drive! Once there, they figured I had had a stroke and put me on coumadin, a powerful blood thinner. Three days later, in the evening, a nurse wrote on my...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news