What drugs are used to clot blood? Does aspirin affect blood clotting?
What about blood clotting medication? The most important agent to decrease blood clotting is aspirin. It is usually recommended that people who have had a heart attack take either a half or a full aspirin or what used to be called a baby aspirin daily to prevent abnormal clumping together of the blood platelets, the small elements in the blood that play a key role in clotting. Clumping is a preliminary step to forming a blood clot, and blood clots can cause problems, including heart attacks, if they form in the coronary arteries. Treatment with blood clotting medications other than aspirin, such as warfarin, has to be very carefully supervised by your physician, with blood tests done every few weeks to be sure you are getting the right dose. Major interactions with food can occur with some blood clotting medications, because some foods and some vitamin supplements contain a powerful vitamin, vitamin K, that is part of the blood clotting mechanism. If you eat more or less of this ...