HealthDay - Finding May Allow Some Women to Stop Blood Thinners
A new study identifies some women — but not men — who might be able to stop taking blood-thinning medication for the clotting condition called venous thromboembolism.
Current guidelines call for indefinite use of a clot-preventing drug, most often warfarin (Coumadin), for many people with the condition. But researchers report that they’ve identified a group of traits in women that indicate a very low risk of recurrent clots, so that medication might not be necessary after a few months.
The study, published in the Aug. 26 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal , found no such indicators of low risk in men with the condition.
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The finding applies to what Dr. Marc A. Rodger, a senior scientist at the Ottawa Hearth Research Institute, who led the study, called “out-of-the-blue” venous thrombosis, with no obvious cause of clots in the legs, arms or lungs. In cases where there is a …
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