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Have A Tear Surgery Scheduled. Advised To Stop Blood Thinning Medication. Taking Pantoprozole And Atrovatatin. Which Tablet To Stop?
Hi there, my mum is on this medication and not sure what is it for.
She also takespantoprozole, 40 mg 1 at night,
also atrovastatin tab 40 mg half a tablet at night
She is scheduled for tear duct surgery on Mon.the 9th Sept and needs to stop taking the blood thinning medication.
I called the GP she goes to but not available now.
Can you please tell me which one is the one to stop taking.
She did stop to take LIPITOR on Sunday 1st Sept.
Thank you,
Verona,
verona.balog @ WWW.WWWW.WW
She also takespantoprozole, 40 mg 1 at night,
also atrovastatin tab 40 mg half a tablet at night
She is scheduled for tear duct surgery on Mon.the 9th Sept and needs to stop taking the blood thinning medication.
I called the GP she goes to but not available now.
Can you please tell me which one is the one to stop taking.
She did stop to take LIPITOR on Sunday 1st Sept.
Thank you,
Verona,
verona.balog @ WWW.WWWW.WW
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Sun, 8 Sep 2013
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Hello
The medicines which you have mentioned, none of them is a blood thinner. While pantoprazole is used to treat acidity, atorvastatin in used to treat bad fat(dyslipidemia) and in prevention of heart disease, but none of them is know to have any effect on blood clotting. Please check if she is taking Ecospirin or any such medicine containing aspirin or clopidogrel as these are usually the blood thinning medications prescribed to heart patients.
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Dr. Gaurav
The medicines which you have mentioned, none of them is a blood thinner. While pantoprazole is used to treat acidity, atorvastatin in used to treat bad fat(dyslipidemia) and in prevention of heart disease, but none of them is know to have any effect on blood clotting. Please check if she is taking Ecospirin or any such medicine containing aspirin or clopidogrel as these are usually the blood thinning medications prescribed to heart patients.
Regards
Dr. Gaurav
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Hello,
As of right now, no current medical research suggests that Lipitor is a blood thinner. Lipitor is a statin, a class of drug that lowers cholesterol. Lipitor does not have any effect upon blood clotting, which is the function of blood thinning medications.
Blood thinning medications are aspirin,anticoagulants like warfarin or drugs like clopidogrel.
Please talk to you doctor for the exact medicine to be stopped.
Thanks
As of right now, no current medical research suggests that Lipitor is a blood thinner. Lipitor is a statin, a class of drug that lowers cholesterol. Lipitor does not have any effect upon blood clotting, which is the function of blood thinning medications.
Blood thinning medications are aspirin,anticoagulants like warfarin or drugs like clopidogrel.
Please talk to you doctor for the exact medicine to be stopped.
Thanks
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