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What's the difference between blood thinners and prevention of blood clots? what's the generic name ex. anti-coagulant?
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Same thing: Blood thinner is a lay term for anticoagulation to prevent formation of blood clots in circulation. Common drugs are heparin, warfarin, thrombin inhibitors and factor Xa inhibitors. Another category of drugs are platelet inhibitors. See this site for more info. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodthinners.html
Answered 5/25/2014
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