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Read this sheet each day, find your signs, and follow that colour.
Keep doing these every dayKeep to your plan
- Take your blood thinner exactly as your doctor prescribed.2
- Stay active and walk regularly if you can.1
- Keep your affected leg raised when you sit.1
- Wear pressure stockings if your doctor prescribed them.2
- Ask your doctor or pharmacist before any other medicine, even without prescription.3
Warning signs: contact your doctorSee a doctor within 24 hours
- Swelling gets worse in one or both of your legs.2
- You have a fever or chills.2
- Your skin looks pale or blue, or feels cold to touch.2
- You bleed easily: gums, bad bruises, long nosebleeds or heavy periods.3
- You have side effects that keep happening or bother you.4
Emergency signsGo to the emergency department now, or call 997
- You feel short of breath.1
- You have chest pain.1
- Your bleeding is severe, keeps coming back, or will not stop.4
- You vomit or cough up blood, or your stools are black or bloody.4
- You have a sudden bad headache with confusion, or a hard blow to your head.4,5
My next appointment
The printed version has space to write your dose and your next appointment.