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Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2007) 4, 638-639
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio1017  

Interactions between anti-thrombotic drugs increase the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding

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Co-prescription of antithrombotic medications can increase the chance of gastrointestinal bleeding. The overall risk associated with antithrombotic drug combinations can exceed that which would be expected from combining the risks of each individual drug, suggesting that interactions between the drugs might affect the risk of bleeding.

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