print email comment close Blood-thinning Medicines URL: http://texasheart.org/HIC/Topics/Meds/blodmeds.cfm Description: Basic information about blood thinners, which are "part of a class of medicines called anticoagulants. Although they are called blood thinners, these medicines do not really thin your blood. Instead, they decrease the blood's ability to clot." Includes an overview of drug interactions and side effects, and a list of items to discuss with your doctor before taking a blood thinner. Also available in Spanish. From the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. Publisher: Texas Heart Institute Extra Keywords Warfarin heparin Library of Congress Subject Headings: Anticoagulants (Medicine) Patient education LII Database Information: Record 20342 created by Jennifer English on 01/10/2006 Last modification on 12/21/2006 Published: 01/12/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20342