Just In: Now just pop a pill to stop blood clots

Times of India

Apr 01, 2026

Just In: Now just pop a pill to stop blood clots

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Washington: Blood clots can now bestopped easily and without needles, remarks a new study.

Known asdeep-vein thrombosis, blood clots affect the large veins in the lower leg andthigh.

They are responsible for killing hundreds of people worldwide, esp. afterjoint replacement surgery.

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If the clot breaks free and moves through thebloodstream, it can lodge in lungs, a condition known as pulmonary embolismwhich is often fatal.

Treating blood clots with syringes after jointsurgery is painful and can cause bleeding. Now, an international team has founda better way of preventing deadly blood clots without increasing the risk ofbleeding, the 'New England Journal of Medicine' reported.

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In adouble blind study of more than 3,000 patients, researchers tested a recent type ofanti-clotting drug called Apixaban, which is an oral medication. The medicineproved just as effective at preventing blood clots and reduced the risk ofbleeding by half. Most importantly for patient convenience, it was much easierto use, they said.�� This is a major step in our fight to prevent DVT andthe many unnecessary deaths each year caused by blood clots after jointreplacement surgery.

"We now have a better treatment that reducesthe risk of bleeding, and a patient no longer has to endure injections byneedle," team leader Gary Raskob of University of Oklahoma said.