whether patients should stop anticoagulant or antiplatelet meds before dental procedures

May 2011

Questions often come up about whether patients should stop anticoagulant or antiplatelet meds before dental procedures.

The answer is almost never.

The risk of thrombosis from stopping these drugs is much higher than the risk of bleeding if they are continued.

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Table of Contents

Infectious Diseases GENERIC levofloxacin (Levaquin) beginning in June
Allergic Reactions true allergy to iodine is a medical myth
Cardiology how aggressively to treat cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes patients
Vaccines YOUNGER people are now candidates for Zostavax to prevent shingles
Antithrombotics whether patients should stop anticoagulant or antiplatelet meds before dental procedures
Antithrombotics Patients can now keep Pradaxa (dabigatran) for 60 days after the bottle is opened
Psychiatry systemic corticosteroids can cause adverse CNS effects
Oral Health Xerese (zuh-REES), a new Rx topical product for herpes simplex labialis
Women's Health when to use metformin or pioglitazone for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Lupus lupus patients put on a new IV monoclonal antibody, Benlysta (ben-LIST-a, belimumab)
Neurology & Pain Abstral (AB-stral) will be the fourth immediate-release fentanyl
Asthma inhaled corticosteroids PRN for children with MILD persistent asthma