If you take an anticoagulant or antiplatelet agent, wear a medical alert bracelet or write the name of the drug and why it was prescribed on the back of your doctor’s card and put it in your wallet. “It can help ensure you receive proper emergency care,” says Dr. Hornacek.
Do you know the difference between anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents? It’s easy to get them confused. “Both increase the risk of bleeding, but in different ways,” says Cleveland Clinic vascular medicine specialist Deborah Hornacek, MD. If you take one of these drugs, you should know which class it is and why it was prescribed for […]
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