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What is commonly known as a clot-busting drug.?

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What drugs are used to prevent further heart attacks?

To prevent additional heart attacks, aspirin and an anticoagulant drug often follow the thrombolytic drug.


What dosage of thrombolytic therapy is normal?

The physician supervising thrombolytic therapy decides on the proper dose for each patient. He or she will take into account the type of drug, the purpose for which it is being used, and in some cases, the patient's weight.


What side effects does thrombolytic therapy have?

Anyone who has fever or who notices bleeding or oozing from their gums, from cuts, or from the site where the thrombolytic agent was injected should immediately tell their health care provider. People who are given thrombolytic.


Is coumadin thrombolytic?

No Coumadin does not act a thrombolytic. It is an anticoagulent, so it will hinder further clotting but not break up existing clots.


What is thrombolytic therapy?

the use of drugs that dissolve blood clots. The name "thrombolytic" comes from two Greek words that mean "clot" and "loosening."


An agent that slows coagulation anticoagulation?

thrombolytic


Drug names ending in -ase?

Drug names ending in "ase" may be Thrombolytic agents such as alteplase, streptokinase, reteplase, and urokinase. These drugs are used to dissolve blood clots due to coronary artery thrombi, deep vien thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.


What is the purpose of thrombolytic therapy?

Thrombolytic therapy is used to dissolve blood clots that could cause serious, and possibly life-threatening, damage if they are not removed. Research suggests that when used to treat stroke, thrombolytic therapy can prevent or reverse paralysis.


What is prescribed to a patient that causes thrombus to dissolve?

thrombolytic


What is the function of tab.ascard?

it is anticoaglant drug


How does thrombolytic therapy compare to stenting?

stenting is the preferred treatment, since it both removes the clot and opens the blood vessel, which may have internal cholesterol deposits. Thrombolytic therapy only removes the clot