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• n  occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus

• For three weeks after a normal pregnancy and delivery, the risks of thromboembolism (including pulmonary embolism) are greatly increased, and even during pregnancy may be .
• The committee offered two possible explanations: either many doctors failed to report that the women who died of the thromboembolism had been taking the pillsor else the pills .

News & Articles

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• Release of Eliquis blood clot preventer story
  By Bill Berkrot (Reuters) The blood clot preventer Eliquis, sold by Pfizer Inc and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, proved as effective as widely used warfarin in treating a dangerous condition known as venous thromboembolism and caused far less bleeding, according to data from a large clinical trial. The Pfizer and Bristol-Myers pill met the main goal of the study by showing it worked just as well as ...
  June 30, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Blood thinner Eliquis as effective as warfarin but with less bleeding in 5,400-patient trial
  (Reuters) - The blood clot preventer Eliquis, sold by Pfizer Inc and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, proved as effective as widely used warfarin in treating a dangerous condition known as venous thromboembolism and caused far less bleeding, according to data from a large clinical trial. The Pfizer and Bristol-Myers pill met the main goal of the [...]
  June 30, 2013 - MedCity News