There are three main goals to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) treatment. Prevent the clot from getting bigger. Prevent the clot from breaking loose and traveling to the lungs. Reduce the chances of another DVT. DVT treatment options include: Blood thinners. These medicines, also called anticoagulants, help prevent blood clots from getting bigger. Blood thinners reduce the risk of developing more. These medicines sometimes are called blood-thinners. Anti-platelet agents, such as clopidogrel (Plavix), prasugrel (Effient) and ticagrelor (Brilinta). Some antibiotics and antidepressants also may cause problems with blood clotting. Deep vein thrombosis can be serious because blood clots in the veins can break loose. The clots can then travel through the bloodstream and get stuck in the lungs, blocking blood flow (pulmonary embolism). When DVT and pulmonary embolism occur together, it's called venous thromboembolism (VTE). Pulmonary embolism A pulmonary embolism (PE) occurs when a blood clot gets stuck in an artery in the lung, blocking blood flow to part of the lung. Blood clots most often start in the legs and travel up through the right side of the heart and into the lungs. This is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Blood thinners. Danshen may raise your risk of bleeding. This can happen if you also take warfarin or other blood thinners, such as clopidogrel (Plavix) or aspirin, with danshen. Blood pressure medicine. Danshen may make your blood pressure too low if you take danshen and a drug used to lower blood pressure. A blood thinner also can change the way other medicines work. For example, foods that are high in vitamin K can work against warfarin, but not other blood thinners. If you take a blood thinner, be sure to follow your healthcare team's advice on dosing. Ask about foods and other medicines that can interfere with how the blood thinner works. Blood thinners. Also called anticoagulants, these medicines help prevent blood clots and reduce the risk of stroke. Blood thinners include warfarin (Jantoven), apixaban (Eliquis), dabigatran (Pradaxa), edoxaban (Savaysa) and rivaroxaban (Xarelto). If you take warfarin, you need regular blood tests to check the medicine's effects. Cardioversion. There is treatment for people who have factor V Leiden and get blood clots. Anticoagulant medicines, also called blood thinners, can lower the risk of getting more blood clots and having serious complications. Warfarin is a blood-thinning medicine that helps treat and prevent blood clots. There's no special diet for people who take warfarin. But some foods and drinks can make it harder for warfarin to prevent blood clots. It's important to pay attention to what you eat and drink while taking this medicine. Family history. The chances of having blood in the urine may go up if one or more family members have had kidney disease. Certain medicines. Some pain relievers, blood thinners and antibiotics can raise the risk of blood in urine. Hard exercise. Marathon runner's hematuria is one nickname for hematuria. Contact sports can raise the risk too.