Stroke drug may also help with frostbite
Jun. 19, 2007

An anti-clotting drug used to treat strokes and heart attacks can also restore blood flow to frostbitten fingers and limbs, greatly reducing the need for amputation, according to a new study. Doctors at the University of Utah who conducted the research on a small sample of patients hope it marks the start of a move beyond the traditional — and limited — treatment for frostbite. "What it does is help to rescue that tissue that is damaged but not yet dead," said Dr. Stephen Morris, one of the authors of the study, which was released Monday in the Archives of Surgery medical journal.

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