The drugs help dissolve clots in other parts of the body as well.

They do not break up or dissolve existing blood clots.

These medicines can dissolve clots quickly, but they increase the risk of serious bleeding.

The drugs dissolve clots that can block arteries around the heart.

Warfarin does not break up or dissolve existing blood clots.

If you get to the hospital right away after symptoms begin, doctors may use a medicine that dissolves blood clots.

Thrombolytic drugs act to dissolve clots after they have formed.

Enzymes are also used to help heal wounds and dissolve blood clots.

Now, doctors give drugs to heart attack patients to dissolve blood clots, opening blocked arteries.

She could also be treated, through a simple injection, with a thrombolytic drug to dissolve blood clots.