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Medications
… (including antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as warfarin/rivaroxaban, nonsteroidal … (incontinence). Uses Tinzaparin is used to treat serious blood clots, usually in the legs. Tinzaparin may also be used to treat blood clots in the lungs. It is usually used with another …
Medications
… needs. Warning This medication may rarely cause serious blood clots (such as pulmonary embolism, stroke, heart … deep vein thrombosis). You may be at increased risk for blood clots if you are an older adult, are severely … heart for administering medications, or have a history of blood clots, heart/blood vessel disease, heart failure, …
Medications
… health needs. Uses This product is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), heart failure, or extra fluid in the body (edema). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and … rid of extra salt and water. This effect helps to relax the blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily and may …
Medications
… doctor right away. Uses Eprosartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This drug works by relaxing blood vessels so blood can flow more easily. Eprosartan …
Medications
… country's regulations. Uses Riociguat is used to treat high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension). It can also be used to treat a certain type of high blood pressure in the lungs caused by blood clots (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension) …
Medical tests
… Overview A cardiac perfusion scan measures the amount of blood in your heart muscle at rest and after it has been … attack to see if areas of the heart are not getting enough blood or to find out how much heart muscle has been damaged … ) is given through an IV . The tracer travels through the blood and into the heart muscle. As the tracer moves through …
Medical tests
… the level of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the blood to check for problems with the pituitary gland and … stress. Cortisol is needed for life, so its levels in the blood are closely controlled. When cortisol levels rise, … as ACTH. ACTH is released in bursts, so its levels in the blood can vary from minute to minute. Interpretation of the …
Health topics
… dilate. When your heart muscle is weak, it can't pump out blood as well as it should. More blood stays in your heart after each heartbeat. As more blood fills and stays in the heart, the heart muscle …
Health topics
… Information Overview Travel can make it hard to keep your blood sugar within your target range because of changes in … extra diabetes medicine, insulin and supplies, high and low blood sugar treatments (including glucagon, if you have it), blood sugar meter batteries, test strips, and lancets. You …
Health topics
… bleeding from enlarged veins (varices). They make small blood vessels constrict, which reduces blood flow to veins that carry blood to the liver (portal veins). These medicines also may …
