Some Blood Thinners May Increase Heart Attack Risk

Be careful out there. Hopefully your doctor has informed you of these risks.
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A new study has examined whether different blood thinning medications prescribed to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation might increase the risk of heart attacks.

In the retrospective study of 30,146 patients, investigators found a twofold increased risk in patients taking direct acting oral anticoagulants (dabigatran and rivaroxaban) compared with those taking vitamin k antagonists such as warfarin. Heart attack risk was also higher in patients taking aspirin than in those taking warfarin.
"More research should be on-going as use of direct acting oral anticoagulants increases in the population," wrote the authors of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study.
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  Leo M Stolk MSc PharmD PhD, Frank de Vries PharmD PhD, Chiel Ebbelaar MSc, Anthonius de Boer MD PhD (3), Tom Schalekamp PhD, Patrick Souverein PhD,, Arina ten Cate-Hoek MD PhD, Andrea M Burden PhD. . Risk of myocardial infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation using vitamin K antagonists, aspirin or direct acting oral anticoagulants. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. DOI: 10.1111/bcp.13264.