Women May Stop Anticoagulants After Blood Clots, Research Suggests

Monday, August 25, 2008 - 19:35 in Health & Medicine

Women may safely discontinue oral anticoagulants (blood thinners) after 6 months of treatment following a first unprovoked venous blood clot (thromboembolism) if they have no or one risk factor, concludes a study of 646 participants in a multicenter prospective cohort study.

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