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Potential Good News For Seniors Who Take Blood Thinners

08.02.2011 · Posted in Health Articles

Many seniors citizens take the blood thinner, Warfarin, also called Coumadin and the population of those who require it is expected to peak in 2030, when the number of people over age 65 will soar to 71.5 million — one in every five Americans. Blood thinners do not actually thin the blood, but work on chemical reactions in the body to lengthen the time it takes to coagulate and form a blood clot. The drug is prescribed to reduce the risk of heart attack and ****** from the formation of blood clots in the arteries and veins. Other conditions that warrant taking the anti coagulant are abnormal heart rhythm, heart valve surgery and congenital heart defects.rnrnIn October 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first potential anticoagulant rival to the sixty year old Warfarin. German drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim

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