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Covid vaccine when taking blood thinner
Hi my friend has previous history of pulmonary embolism in year 2015 and was thrombolized. Since then he is taking bolod thinner acitrom 2.5 mg. His PT INR is maintained between 2 to 3. He has not had any issues after that and has been leading a normal and healthy life. He goes for yearly full body checkups and all reports are normal.
Is it recommended for him to go for covid vaccination ? If yes, since this is intravascular injection, should he stop acitrom for 5 days before the vaccination and start again after vaccination. Please suggest best course of action here.
Any suggestion on which one would be best for people with his kind of medical history, covaxin or covishield??
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Dr. Chetan Rathi
Cardiologist
12 yrs exp
Nagpur
Share all reports plz
Specially INR
As being on acitrom have to be careful
Consult personally
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