Kidney disease affects response to blood thinner

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 18:14 in Health & Medicine

Patients with reduced kidney function require lower doses of the anticoagulant drug warfarin, and may need closer monitoring to avoid serious bleeding complications, suggests a study in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).

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