Anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs, sometimes called blood thinners, help prevent blood clots. There are many options, including heparin and warfarin. Preventing clots reduces the risk of stroke and ...

Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a type of irregular heart rhythm that causes your heart to pump less effectively than it should. You’ll get treatment to try to bring back a normal rhythm. Another ...

If you’re experiencing severe side effects from the blood thinner warfarin, a doctor may recommend an alternative known as non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs). Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants ...

Warfarin is associated with higher rates of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding but not overall or lower gastrointestinal bleeding rates compared with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), according to ...