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The most commonly used medications to treat VTE blood clots are anticoagulants (also referred to as “blood thinners”). But there are also “clot busting” medications called thrombolytics which quickly dissolve or get rid of clots. As Dr Sandra Adams explains in this video, thrombolytic therapy may be used depending on the resources available at your hospital and your doctor’s opinion of how likely your clot will cause harm in the long run. Clot buster medications increase the risk for major bleeding so they are usually reserved for patients with very extensive clots and for life-threatening situations.