blood thinner
noun
: a drug used to prevent the formation of blood clots by hindering coagulation of the blood
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Some common drug-supplement interactions include: Vitamin E may interact with anticoagulants (drugs that prevent blood clots and are also known as blood thinners).
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Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2025
About half of generic drugs people take in the U.S. — including cancer drugs, antibiotics and blood thinners — are made entirely overseas, where manufacturing is cheaper, said Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School whose research focuses on prescription drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
King does foresee the device being useful for annual physicals or check-up appointments, such as for patients on thyroid medications or blood thinners that may need lab work ahead of dose adjustments.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Patients taking certain medications, such as immune suppressants or blood thinners, may not be able to use the new anti-amyloid therapy like Leqmebi or Kinsula.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2025
About half of generic drugs people take in the U.S. — including cancer drugs, antibiotics and blood thinners — are made entirely overseas, where manufacturing is cheaper, said Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School whose research focuses on prescription drugs.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
King does foresee the device being useful for annual physicals or check-up appointments, such as for patients on thyroid medications or blood thinners that may need lab work ahead of dose adjustments.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Patients taking certain medications, such as immune suppressants or blood thinners, may not be able to use the new anti-amyloid therapy like Leqmebi or Kinsula.
—Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 23 Jan. 2025
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blood thinner
noun
blood thin·ner
-ˌthin-ər 
: a drug used to prevent the formation of blood clots by hindering coagulation of the blood
blood-thinning
adjective
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