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2. Dabigatran - Wikipedia

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   Dabigatran, sold under the brand name Pradaxa among others, is an anticoagulant used to treat and prevent blood clots and to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Specifically it is used to prevent blood clots following hip or knee replacement and in those with a history of prior clots. [ 6 ]

3. Direct factor Xa inhibitors - Wikipedia

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   Medical use. Direct factor Xa inhibitors include rivaroxaban, apixaban and edoxaban, and are types of direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC), which are blood thinning drugs, one of the classes of antithrombotic drugs. [4][5][6] They are commonly prescribed to treat and prevent blood clots in veins, prevent stroke and embolism in people with non ...

4. Anticoagulant - Wikipedia

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   An anticoagulant, commonly known as a blood thinner, is a chemical substance that prevents or reduces the coagulation of blood, prolonging the clotting time. [1] Some occur naturally in blood-eating animals, such as leeches and mosquitoes, which help keep the bite area unclotted long enough for the animal to obtain blood.

5. Factbox-Top Medicare drugs headed for price cuts - AOL

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   Jardiance. Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly's Jardiance is used to treat type-2 diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. It cost Medicare $7 billion for 1.6 million patients in the ...

6. Apixaban - Wikipedia

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   Apixaban, sold under the brand name Eliquis, is an anticoagulant medication used to treat and prevent blood clots and to prevent stroke in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation through directly inhibiting factor Xa. [6][7][8] It is used an alternative to warfarin to prevent blood clots following hip or knee replacement and in those with a ...

7. Researchers are developing a blood thinner with a lower risk ...

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   Researchers are working to develop a unique anticoagulant (blood thinner) that would bring a lower risk of bleeding than the options currently on the market.