Medications
Along with certain medical conditions, the use of medicines can also lead to DVT as they cause the thickening of the blood via hormonal changes. The medicines like Cancer pills Tamoxifen, Thalidomide and medication such as erythropoietin may more likely risk the patient to DVT. So, a patient using these pills should avoid any aggravating factors, regularly do blood tests and improve their lifestyle routine to prevent and avoid DVT. Birth control pills also increase the chances of DVT via hormonal changes mainly Estrogen hormone. Estrogen leads to an enhance in the coagulation process of the blood, makes the blood thickens than normal consistency, and thus causes DVT.