Medications

Expanded recall of warfarin level monitoring test strips

(HealthDay)—Certain lots of Roche Diagnostics test strips should not be used with CoaguChek test meter devices to check levels of the blood thinner warfarin because patients may get inaccurate results and be at risk for ...

Medications

Study shows reduced risk of bleeding with modern blood thinners

Modern blood-thinning drugs (known as NOACs) reduce the risk of serious bleeding by up to 45% compared to the traditional drug Waran (warfarin) in the treatment of blood clots in the legs and lungs. All according to a comprehensive ...

Medications

Kcentra approved to stop severe bleeding in heart patients

(HealthDay)—Kcentra (prothrombin complex concentrate, human) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat severe acute bleeding in adults after administration of the anti-clotting drug warfarin and ...

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