With the threat of blood clots aspirin safer

Aspirin is safer in preventing deep vein thrombosis than warfarin, the researchers found both from Australia. However, this medicine is not an ideal or preferred.

Aspirin

Scientists from the University of Sydney We found that aspirin is a safer means of prevention deep venous thrombosis   (DVT) than Another popular anticoagulant warfarin . Aspirin should be people who react very badly to the long-term the use of anticoagulants. Note that the GW is a condition directly life-threatening to the patient, so that the increased tendency to it the emergence of receiving these drugs is absolutely necessary.

With long-term use warfarin   Internal threat grows bleeding and hemorrhagic stroke caused by hemorrhage brain. Therefore, patients should be tested regularly clotting blood, by which physicians determine the dose of warfarin or any other anticoagulants. New drugs in this group, such as dabigatran Rivaroxaban and more effective, and their admission Regular blood tests are not necessary. However, these drugs are much more expensive, and some patients are immune to them.

Scientists have found that taking Aspirin reduces the risk of DVT without increasing the danger of internal bleeding, which makes one of the most popular drugs in the world safer alternative to warfarin. Thus, with a daily intake of aspirin (100 mg daily) the risk of blood clots is reduced by 42%. However, anticoagulation allows to reduce the risk of thrombus formation by 80-90%, but the drugs in this group good is not perceived by all patients. The final conclusion researchers is: Aspirin is not ideal or preferred choice for patients at risk, but it can be used if people for some reason it does not take the anticoagulant. (READ MORE)

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