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anticoagulants

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  1. Substances that slow down or prevent blood clotting.


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Consider anticoagulants, medications that prevent blood from clotting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Which is why slower-acting substances, mainly anticoagulants - drugs that stop blood forming into clots - are used.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

To prevent these complications in people with known AFib, clinicians often prescribe anticoagulants -- drugs that prevent blood clots -- as well as other lifestyle and medical therapies.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2023

Luckily, physicians had already stocked the I.S.S. with a 40-day emergency supply of anticoagulants, among other medications, just in case.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Gandy agrees the agency should assess the need for a black box warning that could include every class of drug—such as anticoagulants, tPA, and antiplatelet treatments—that can cause or increase the risk of brain bleeding.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 30, 2022