Those who have a stroke are 35% less likely to have another if drugs given earlier than they are now, research says
UK guidelines suggest patients with irregular heartbeats who have had a moderate or severe stroke should wait at least five days before starting blood-thinning drugs.UK guidelines suggest patients with irregular heartbeats who have had a moderate or severe stroke should wait at least five days before starting blood-thinning drugs.
However, anticoagulants can cause brain bleeds. UK guidelines suggest that patients with irregular heartbeats who have had a moderate or severe stroke should wait at least five days before starting blood-thinning drugs.Congress 2024, suggest that people with atrial fibrillation who have a stroke, and take blood-thinning drugs earlier than currently recommended, are not only less likely to have a second stroke but have no increased risk of a brain bleed than those who take them later.
The academics compared more than 5,000 patients given blood thinners within four days of a stroke with those who started anticoagulants the fifth day or later. They found that 2.12% of patients given anticoagulants within four days went on to have another stroke within 30 days, compared with 3.02% of those who started them later – a 35% difference.
David Werring, a professor of clinical neurology at University College London and a lead author of both studies, said: “It’s not like a magic bullet, but at a population level, it’s really important. If we can give anticoagulants earlier, to 20,000 people a year – the approximate number of people with atrial fibrillation who have a stroke in the UK each year – that means we could stop up to 200 strokes potentially.
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