New blood thinner outperforms warfarin in study

Therapies Friday, November 11th, 2011
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(CBS) Warfarin may be the usual drug for preventing strokes in people with the heart rhythm problem known as atrial fibrillation, but a new study shows that an experimental blood thinner called apixaban works way better. In addition to being 21 percent less likely to have a stroke, people who took apixaban (Eliquis) were 31 […]

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