Blood thinners and pulling teeth

In my very near future, I will have to have most, if not all, of my teeth pulled. I am on Pradaxa, a blood thinner, and the last tooth I had pulled, bled way to much. Has anyone on the forum faced this and how did you handle it. Any advice appreciated and I will also discuss this with my heart doctor.
 

Just had dental surgery a few days ago. What you say sounds like a serious and important issue. I would just have some long extended conversations with your cardiologist. And ask him if he thinks that he should directly consult with your oral surgeon.

And do the same with the oral surgeon...ask him if he would like to consult with your cardiologist.

You have to understand, that in modern medicine, everyone is going fast. Too fast. They don't review individual cases enough.

So, it is always important to give them some reminders about the serious issues at play.

Then, they will take notice, pause, stop...and actually do the research and give you safe care.

But, if you don't do that, they may not look at your chart clearly enough...and give you poor care.

5 years ago, my wife's doctor gave her the wrong medication, that she was allergic to, even though it was right on her chart.

Nearly killed her. And her health has been poor since.

So, don't take anything for granted...go over the issues again and again with your cardiologist and oral surgeon.


If you do all that, I am sure you will be just fine.

take care
 
Every time I have any interaction with any new medical person the first thing I say is " I take blood thinners, and here is a spread sheet of all my medications , with the dosages, and the names and contact phone numbers of all my Doctors, and what they are treating me for ". My Wife maintains my medical spread sheet and up dates it as needed. Having this information in printed form, and handing it to a new medical person is ( in my opinion ) a very good thing. My health record is immediately available to any Doctor who is a part of the University Health Network, here in Toronto. When I have blood taken or have a test done, the results are sent to my email account with in 24 hours, so I can read it. Obviously the Doctor who ordered the test or procedure also gets it in their email account at the same time. JimB.
 

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