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Any prescribed blood thinner does not wear down a blood clot in the majority of cases. care to reply?
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Body does it: There are 'clot dissolving' drugs which directly break up clots, but most traditional 'blood thinners' simply prevent additonal clot being laid down, while the body's natural defenses dissolve existing clot.
Answered 7/7/2015
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