All posts tagged 'blood clots'

FDA Approves Anti-Stroke Drug Eliquis

Posted on December 29th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The Food and Drug Administration Friday approved a stroke-prevention medicine that will compete in that category against the blood-thinner warfarin, which is sometimes sold under the name Coumadin. The FDA issued a news release saying that it had given the go-ahead to the anti-clotting drug Eliquis, or apixaban, an oral..
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Study: Extending time of stroke drug treatment OK

Posted on September 25th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/24/2008 6:52 PM By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Stroke sufferers can still benefit from clot-busting medicine even if they receive it an hour or so beyond the current three-hour window after symptoms start, an important new study suggests. The finding could potentially extend treatment to..
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