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Most people refer to them as “blood thinners.” Technically, they’re called anticoagulants. Whatever term is applied to them, these medications help to prevent dangerous blood clots from forming in your blood vessels and causing potentially life-threatening events. Several classes of these drugs may be prescribed in a variety of clinical settings. All of them are effective, but they work differently and have varying benefits and potential risks that you need to know about.
Leben Tefera, MD, is a vascular medicine specialist and director of the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team in the Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio. He is also an assistant professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
What is vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT)? The pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to the rapid development of highly effective vaccines, which have proven to be the most important tool in combating the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Initial clinical trials reported no major adverse events beyond rare cases of anaphylaxis.
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