Open AccessWARFARIN VS ASPIRIN;
Author(s) -
Farooq Ahmad,
Fahad Farooq,
Faizan Farooq,
Faiq Farooq
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2014.21.02.1889
Subject(s) - medicine , warfarin , aspirin , incidence (geometry) , adverse effect , randomized controlled trial , emergency medicine , surgery , atrial fibrillation , physics , optics
Objectives: to determine the patient compliance with the use of blood thinners.Design: Randomized controlled trial comparing the use of warfarin and aspirin. Setting: Farooqteaching hospital Lahore, Fatima Memorial Teaching Hospital, Lahore and Allied teachinghospital Faisalabad. Period: October 2012 to March 2013. Results: Warfarin is a better drug interms of patient compliance as compared to aspirin. Conclusion: Warfarin is actively used incardiovascular problems and is well tolerated by the patients as compared to aspirin which is alsowidely used but the incidence of adverse affects limits its use.