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Blood Clot Prevention: Injection. Your doctor has prescribed shots (injectable medicine) to prevent or treat blood clots. This medicine is an anticoagulant (an-tihko-AG-you-lent). Sometimes it is referred to as a blood thinner. Along with the anticoagulant medicine, your doctor may prescribe other methods to prevent blood clots.
The flu shot contains only killed influenza viruses A and B. The other is a live attenuated, or weakened, virus that is squirted into the nose. This is called intranasal vaccine or nasal spray vaccine. The intranasal form is indicated for certain people who may prefer it to a shot, and it is approved for people from 2 through 49 years of age.