Definition of blood thinner
: a drug used to prevent the formation of blood clots by hindering coagulation of the blood
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From warfarin, Link derives a drug called Coumadin, which is used as a blood thinner to treat heart patients and prevent blood clotting.
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Lab tests revealed that the drug had been contaminated with brodifacoum, a blood thinner used in rat poison.
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In 1984, Jones was also found guilty of injecting 4-week-old Rolando Santos with the blood thinner Heparin.
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At first, the nurse thought the pain medicine was causing confusion in Williams, who pushed for a CT scan and a blood thinner.
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To continue reading this story, TRY IT NOW Born: July 13, 1950 Jan. 9, 1982: 4-week-old Rolando Santos is injected with the blood thinner heparin at Medical Center Hospital. Sept. 17, 1982: 15-month-old Chelsea Ann McClellan dies.
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Patients can be treated with vitamin K, which helps counteract the effects of the blood thinner.
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The drug, known as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), is a potent blood thinner and was approved as an effective clot-busting treatment by the Food and Drug Administration in 1996.
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Pfizer’s financial fortunes were boosted by strong demand for flagship drugs like the Prevnar, the rheumatoid arthritis treatment Xeljanz, and the blood thinner Eliquis.
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First Known Use of blood thinner
1879
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of blood thinner
: a drug used to prevent the formation of blood clots by hindering coagulation of the blood
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