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Anticoagulents decrease rates of dementia
Posted by jpeters
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Anticoagulents decrease rates of dementia October 14, 2018 02:11AM |
Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 444 |
"Among people with either prevalent or incident AF, use of anticoagulant drugs, but not antiplatelet treatment, was associated with a 60% decreased risk of dementia"
[n.neurology.org]
[n.neurology.org]
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Re: Anticoagulents decrease rates of dementia October 14, 2018 02:46AM |
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Re: Anticoagulents decrease rates of dementia October 14, 2018 11:04AM |
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Pompon
AC drugs reducing stroke risk for afibbers, it's not surprising at all they reduce the risk of dementia too.
Several other possibities. Could just be confounding issue where people with cognitive difficulties are not given AC's, or that people with afib generally have comorbidities. Thus, just getting in rhythm might not be enough.
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Re: Anticoagulents decrease rates of dementia October 15, 2018 02:42PM |
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Re: Anticoagulents decrease rates of dementia October 15, 2018 04:22PM |
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Elizabeth
Says Warfarin can increase the risk of dementia, just throw a coin.
[psychcentral.com]
Always good to read beyond the first sentence. Article notes that AFIB increases odds of getting dementia, so you need an AC. Warfarin doesn't work well if someone's INR is going in and out of the therapeutic zone.
"Finally, in people that are on Warfarin in which the levels are erratic or difficult to control, switching to newer agents that are more predictable may lower risk.”
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Re: Anticoagulents decrease rates of dementia October 16, 2018 02:38AM |
Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 128 |
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Elizabeth
Says Warfarin can increase the risk of dementia, just throw a coin.
[psychcentral.com]
I believe the takeaway from both of these is that not taking AC can cause dementia by little strokes and taking too much can cause it by microbleeds.
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