Acitrom 3mg

ACITROM 3mg is a medicine is an oral anticoagulant that contains Nicoumalone which is also known as blood thinning medicine. Mostly ACITROM 3mg is used to deal with various types of thromboembolic diseases (blood clots inside blood vessels), including deep vein thrombosis (blood clots in leg veins) and pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lung).

Blood clots (also known as thrombosis) are semi-solid masses of blood cells deposited within the blood vessels. It happens due to excessive clumping of platelets (blood cells) or other blood proteins within the blood vessels. As a result, it blocks them and reduces blood flow within the vessel, leading to various complications such as deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in veins of legs), pulmonary embolism (blood clot in veins of lungs), heart attack, abnormal heart rate or stroke. ACITROM can also be used as an adjunct in the treatment of coronary occlusion (block in the heart which reduces oxygen and blood supply leading to heart attack) and transient cerebral ischemic attacks (mini-stroke, caused by a blockage in the blood vessel supplying the brain).

Nicoumalone is a blood thinning medication. It works by preventing the formation of blood clots within the blood vessels. It blocks the actions of certain blood proteins and enzymes that forms blood clots in the body. As a result, it reduces the risk of heart attack and other serious complications such as stroke, deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism. ACITROM cannot dissolve an existing blood clot, but it can prevent them from growing larger. During treatment with ACITROM, your doctor would regularly monitor your blood clotting time to avoid the risk of unwanted side effects.