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All the effort to explain it's an anti coagulant  not a blood thinner and in the packet is a card for you to carry that says it is.

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Finvola

Oh my hat - grrrrrr!  

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I will still keep banging on.

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cbsrbpm in reply toBobD

Isn't that brick wall nearly demolished Bob 😊

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Vivante

The same information is provided on the leaflet for Warfarin. The information regarding the bleeding is known as thrombycytopenia.  This not a new condition, The info I have was provided by a team of American experts, they got together to provide a medical dictionary, it contains a great deal of helpful information. This book was started in 1955, possibly earlier. 

As long as we are careful and follow the guidelines, take the meds etc. We can get through this.  Blood tests will show you if you have low level platelets.

Please also remember  that other medical treatments can cause thrombocytopenia.

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Finvola in reply toVivante

Agreed - but Apixaban does not 'thin' anything, not even blood.

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Vivante

I know it does not thin the blood, it helps to prevent blood clotting.

I suppose that at the point of clotting, then the blood is thinner!!!! And so it should be.

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AnticoagulateNow

I don't like to disagree with the members of our Community - especially the Godfather!     But does it really matter if anti-coagulants are referred to as 'blood thinners'?   We all know what that means and isn't that the key point when it comes to written or verbal communication.     Nick yourself and normal thick blood oozes slowly from the wound in shiny globules while anti-coagulated thin blood dribbles out all over the place, like nothing will stop it.   

Medically inaccurate probably but it's deliciously descriptive, isn't it?

I suppose its a bit like car engine oil really ........ its all about viscosity. Just don't let it interfere with my beer, wine or G & T. Whaddya reckon Bob ??? lmao :-)

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seasider18

I read a write up on NOACs on the FDA website that said that the blood thinner (Anticoagulant) Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) etc. etc.

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dizzielizzie1

Slightly off subject, but twice recently, I have been asked by nurses what my INR was, when I told them I was on the anticoagulant Rivaroxaban, before they took blood from me. I had to tell them that INR tests do not work with Rivaroxaban. NOACs have been around for about 3 years now, so nurses should be up to speed with this knowledge now.

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