«Adding a question about the
use of blood thinners in older adults to our field triage criteria could save lives,» said the editorial's writer, Craig Newgard, MD, MPH, of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Ore. «Older patients suffering head trauma who are taking blood thinners are more likely to suffer from bleeding in the brain that requires time - sensitive surgery at a major trauma center.
The most alarming report involved contaminated batches
of the blood thinner heparin, which caused at least three deaths and is under suspicion in dozens of others.
Other than those conditions, these
kinds of blood thinners will not prevent you from being approved for their level benefit burial insurance.
There is still a lot of room to grow as warfarin, also prescribed under the brand name Coumadin, commands some 60
percent of the blood thinner market.
«In the past there weren't any alternatives that we could really offer these types of patients,» said Roger Fan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Director of Arrhythmia Consult Service, «The LARIAT is a great alternative to the possibility of a
lifetime of blood thinners which can have some serious side effects like GI bleeds, as well as an alternative to invasive open - heart surgery.»
Frightening screwups happen at even the most well - respected medical centers, a point driven home last November when, at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, actor Dennis Quaid's 2 - week - old twins, Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone, received near - fatal, thousandfold
overdoses of the blood thinner Heparin.
Veterinarians may also suggest that you supplement your cat's medication with a
dose of a blood thinner such as Aspirin, which can lower the chances of thromboembolisms.
Xarelto has also not been approved by the FDA as being superior to the primary
competitor of blood thinners, a drug by the name of warfarin.
Evidence of blood thinning medications or thrombolytics on the prescription check will also require a medical exam for term life insurance.
NEW YORK (Reuters)- A new
class of blood thinners that competes with widely used warfarin should get a boost next year when an «antidote» that can reverse the medications» effects in an emergency is expected to enter the market, according to top U.S. heart doctors and investors.
If you take these
kinds of blood thinners, Foresters will still approve you for their level death benefit under certain circumstances.
If you are taking
any of these blood thinning medications, consult your physician regarding your dietary intake of vitamin K.