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Anticoagulant Drugs in the Elderly, Controversies in Therapeutics BMJ 297:1260-1263, Lowe,G.D.O.&Scott,P.J.W., 1988 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Elderly people are more susceptible to the side effects of drugs,and anticoagulant drugs are no exception.Recommendations for using anticoagulant drugs in elderly patients mainly concern treating deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism and preventing embolic stroke.As the adverse effects of anticoagulants may be fatal,evidence for their efficacy in elderly patients must be obtained from prospective randomized studies of patients older than 75 who are similar to those seen in everyday practice.

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