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Vitamin B12 Dosage: How Much Should You Take Each Day?
Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble nutrient that is essential for the body's growth and development. The ideal dose of vitamin B12 varies by gender, age, and the reason for taking the medication. So how much vitamin B12 should you take per day?
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Precautions when taking anticoagulants
Blood thinner medicine is a medicine prescribed by doctors to help prevent blood clots from forming in the heart and blood vessels. But these medications can make it difficult to stop bleeding when bleeding occurs, and wounds can become worse, even life-threatening. So if you are taking these drugs should be careful.
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Losartan Potassium: Uses, indications and precautions when using
Losartan (also known as Cozaar among others) is a medicine mainly used to treat high blood pressure and to help prevent heart attacks, strokes, and kidney problems.
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Use low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks and strokes
If high-dose aspirin is used to relieve pain, low-dose aspirin is a treatment for preventing heart attacks and strokes in people at high risk such as having had heart surgery or having had angina due to heart disease. So how best to use low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks?
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Daily Aspirin Therapy: Benefits and Risks
Taking aspirin daily is an effective preventative measure for people with a history of heart attacks. This is also seen as a lifesaver in many cases, but not for everyone. Learn about the benefits and risks of aspirin before taking it continuously.
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Is nighttime the right time for blood pressure medications?
Hypertension is a chronic disease that requires the patient to take medication for life, in order to control the blood pressure index stably, to avoid the risk of cardiovascular progression. Taking medication for hypertensive patients is not uncommon, but not everyone understands when to take blood pressure medication to achieve the best effect.
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Can Daily Aspirin Help Prevent Heart Attacks?
Aspirin has long been used primarily as an anti-inflammatory and pain reliever. Today, taking low-dose aspirin also helps prevent cardiovascular events and stroke risk in people who already have a history. However, others need to weigh the benefits and risks before applying aspirin therapy.
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Blood thinners may prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation
According to statistics, 2.7 million Americans have atrial fibrillation with an increased risk of stroke. Taking blood thinners (anticoagulants) can significantly reduce the risk of stroke by 50 to 60 percent.
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Catapres: Uses, indications and precautions when using
Catapres (also known as Clonidine) is an antihypertensive drug used to treat high blood pressure and prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.
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Carospir: Uses, indications and notes when using
Carospir (also known as Spironolactone) is both a medicine for high blood pressure (hypertension) and for heart failure. Taking Carospir lowers blood pressure, which in turn helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.
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Warfarin Anticoagulant Side Effects: Watch for Interactions
Warfarin is used in the treatment and prevention of venous thrombosis, in a number of diseases related to the circulatory and respiratory systems. However, during use, patients may experience some side effects as well as interactions with the anticoagulant Warfarin with the patient's body.
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