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Anticholinergic drug
* All anticholinergic drugs can produce dry mouth, blurred vision, hot, dry skin and hyperpyrexia.
* are a common cause of such interactions
  - effective, but basically inferior to l-dopa

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Anticoagulant
* Some anticoagulants can increase both.
* also are available as sodium salts that are mixed into a water solution.
* are blood thinning agents that decrease the blood's ability to form clots
  - effective when administered in patients with TIAs to reduce the risk of a stroke
  - substances that interfere with normal blood clotting
  - the most common rodenticide on the market
* attempt to prevent further clotting in the coronary arteries by thinning the blood.
* can increase the chances of bleeding.
* decrease the ability of platelets in the blood to form clots
  - the blood to clot
* inhibits clotting of blood and fibrin clots.
* is medicine.
* lengthen the time it takes for blood to clot.
* lower the risk from clotting but raise the risk of bleeding.
* often help reduce the chance of sudden graft closure.
* prevent the blood from clotting, or coagulating.
* prolong clotting times, heparin is an anticoagulant.
* then liquefy the semen, and the sperm begin swimming.
* work by interfering with the blood-clotting mechanism.

### science | medicine | anticoagulant:

Warfarin
* blood anticoagulant, causing internal bleeding and hemorrhaging leading to death
  - thinner, or anticoagulant, that reduces the blood's ability to clot
  - thinning drug and rat poison
* can also cause bleeding, which in rare cases is fatal
  - cause birth defects
* has a narrow therapeutic range
  - stronger effect on some people than on others
* is also the active ingredient in various rodenticides and insecticides.
* is an anticoagulant taken by mouth
  - associated with an embryopathy and increases the risk of fetal wastage
  - contraindicationted in the first trimester of pregnancy because of teratogenicity
* is the most common blood thinning pill
  - blood-thinning pill
* is the most commonly used medication to prevent clotting
  - oral anticoagulant
  - widely prescribed oral anticoagulant drug in North America
* is used in preventing closure of coronary artery stents due to clotting
  - to prevent blood clots
  - usually very safe when used carefully but the level in the blood is critical
* poison that has been used for many years to kill rats.
* slow-acting anticoagulant that prevents blood from clotting, thus leading to death.
* synthetic toxicant derived from coumarol.
* widely used anticoagulant.

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Anticonvulsant
* All anticonvulsants act through their effect on the brain, since seizures arise from the brain
  - have their degree of risks, needless to say
* Many anticonvulsants decrease the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.
* Some anticonvulsants have actions on folate metabolism.
* act by preventing nerve cells in the brain from becoming too excited
  - to decrease the irritability of the neuron
* affect the bones in many ways.
* are reliably effective in controlling seizures secondary to cysticercosis
  - the main form of treatment for epilepsy
  - used to treat seizures
  - usually the only treatments given for idiopathic epilepsy
* can cause changes in blood work and can occasionally cause true liver disease
  - induce chorea
  - reduce the risk of further seizure activity
* cause acne and oily skin
  - neural tube defects like spinal bifida and anencephaly
* have an analgesic effect, although at similar risk of minor adverse effects.
* help protect against the kindling effect.
* only stay in one's system for a few hours.
* stop the spread of an abnormal signal to other parts of the brain.