Many recent studies have found that patients prescribed with blood-thinning drugs often receive the wrong dose. The excess dose of these drugs may cause internal bleeding or damage the kidneys, and underdosing does not effectively prevent blood clots. Generally, while prescribing blood thinning drugs, factors like age, weight, diet and ongoing medications (if any) of the patient are considered . It has been shown that the optimum dose of warfarin, a commonly used blood-thinning drug depends on genetic variation among patients.
According to you, what all factors should be considered while determining the optimum dose of these drugs? And how to make sure the prescribed dose is correct?
