Get latest articles and stories on Health at LatestLY. New research suggested that if you re already taking one blood thinner, then you don t need to take another. In fact, researchers discovered that when patients on a commonly prescribed blood thinner stop taking aspirin, their risk of bleeding complications decreases significantly. Health News | Study: Risk of Bleeding Decreases when People Stop Taking Aspirin While on Blood Thinner.
More blood thinners aren't automatically better, another study confirms. A new publication in JAMA Internal Medicine focuses on the minimal pros and the concerning cons of combining a daily aspirin with a drug from the newer class of anticoagulants that include apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban and rivaroxaban.