What is the Difference Between Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet
The main difference between anticoagulant and antiplatelet is that an anticoagulant or a blood thinner is a medicine that delays the clotting of blood, whereas antiplatelet is another medicine that prevents the formation of a blood clot by preventing blood platelets from sticking together.
Anticoagulant and antiplatelet are the two classes of antithrombotic drugs used to treat thrombosis.Some examples of anticoagulant drugs are heparin, warfarin, dabigatran, apixaban, and rivaroxaban while the two types of antiplatelets are aspirin and a P2Y12 inhibitor used in dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT).