Posts tagged with: stroke
Drugs and Anticoagulation
When bleeding occurs an injury such as cutting yourself or maybe surgery, the body under normal conditions would act swiftly to stem the blood flow from the wound. It does this by sealing the break in the blood vessel. Cells called platelets form at the break in the blood... [Read more]
Clopidogrel
Clopidogrel is an anti platelet drug that is used to prevent blood clots from forming. It is prescribed to patients who have a tendency to form blood clots in the fast flowing arteries and heart or possibly those who have recently had a heart attack or stroke. This drug... [Read more]
Antihypertensive Drugs
Your blood pressure is ascertained by a machine that takes two reading The first measurement is called the systolic pressure and is measured while the heart’s ventricles are contracting, this reading is normally higher than the second one which is known as the diastolic... [Read more]
Warfarin
Warfarin is an anticoagulant and used to prevent and treat area’s where the blood flow is the slowest, particular area’s are the leg and the pelvic veins. Clots can break away and travel through the blood stream lodging in the lungs where they then cause pulmonary... [Read more]
Baclofen
A muscle relaxant drug that works on the central nervous system, especially in instances of spinal cord injury. The drug relieves the spasm, cramping, and rigidity caused by a variety of disorders. Which includes multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury. The drug is also... [Read more]
