Heart & Vascular Health: Prevention

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  • Isosorbide dinitrate

    Drug
    02/09/08, Healthwise

    Isosorbide dinitrate can cause severe headaches, especially when you first start using it. These headaches may gradually become less severe as you continue to use the medication. Do not stop taking isosorbide dinitrate. Ask your doctor before using a

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  • Isosorbide mononitrate

    Drug
    07/06/05, Healthwise

    Use isosorbide mononitrate exactly as directed. Follow your doctor's instructions, especially about the timing of your doses. Your blood needs to be free of isosorbide mononitrate for a certain period every day.

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  • Nitroglycerin (oral/buccal/sublingual/spray)

    Drug
    03/25/08, Healthwise

    Nitroglycerin can cause severe headaches, especially when you first start using it. These headaches may gradually become less severe as you continue to use nitroglycerin. Do not stop taking the medication. Ask your doctor before using any headache pa

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  • Desirudin

    Drug
    02/13/04, Healthwise

    There is a risk of bleeding in the spinal or epidural space, possibly resulting in paralysis, when desirudin is used along with spinal or epidural anesthesia or spinal puncture. This risk may be increased by the use of indwelling epidural catheters o

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  • Aspirin for coronary artery disease

    Article
    05/29/08, Healthwise

    When aspirin is chewed, it works quickly (within 15 minutes) to prevent the formation of blood clots. This decreases the chance that a blood clot will form and block a narrowed heart artery, leading to a heart attack.

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  • Anticoagulants for coronary artery disease

    Article
    05/29/08, Healthwise

    Anticoagulants are often called blood thinners, but they don't really thin blood. They work by increasing the time it takes for a blood clot to form. This prevents an existing clot from increasing in size, thereby preventing a heart a

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  • Stroke - Prevention

    Article
    01/08/09, Healthwise

    You can help prevent a stroke if you control risk factors and treat other medical conditions that can lead to a stroke.

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  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - Prevention

    Article
    02/26/08, Healthwise

    You can help prevent a transient ischemic attack (TIA) by controlling your risk factors for stroke.

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  • Unfractionated heparin for deep vein thrombosis

    Article
    01/15/08, Healthwise

    Normally, when an injury that causes bleeding occurs, the body sends out signals that cause blood to clot at the wound, and the clot naturally breaks down as the wound heals. A person prone to abnormal clotting has an imbalance between cl

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  • Low-molecular-weight heparins for deep vein thrombosis

    Article
    01/15/08, Healthwise

    Normally, when an injury that causes bleeding occurs, the body sends out signals that cause blood to clot at the wound, and the clot naturally breaks down as the wound heals. A person prone to abnormal clotting has an imbalance between cl

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