blood clots (dvts) in the arm of 22 yr old? Hi i ama 22 year old female i live in albany new york i have a dvt (deep vein thrombosis) aka a blood clot in my arm it is very unusual for someone my age to get a dvt and more unsual to get them in the arms people usually get them in their legs all my coag workup is negative for any kind of clotting disorder we really don't know where to go with that i am on coumadin and when my inr gets too low i inject myself in the stomach with lovanox i have been forced to take depo lupron because i can't get period becausei have abnormally heavy periods tostart with and with the blood thinners i needed transfusions and the lupron puts me into chemical menapause so i won't get a period but it wracks your body with all kinds of bad things its been shown to be really harmful with long term use ur not supposed to be onit for more then six months and ive already been on it for 8 months and they said i will be on it for at least another couple of years what other alternatives are there or good doctors?

Summarized question: What are possible alternatives to Lupron Depot for women who have developed blood clots?