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I was lucky enough to get a clot from knee to groin in January this year, and was given the choice of Rivaroxaban or warfarin. I chose Riva so that I didn’t have to worry about getting my INR c...

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Hi My background: I’m a hospital pharmacist and I specialised in anticoagulation for six years until changing job in December. So I’ve had a lot of discussions like this with patients & doc...

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They are anticoagulants (reduce the effect of blood clotting). They don’t have any appreciable effect on the blood’s ability to store and transport oxygen. “Blood thinner” is a bit of a m...

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just another thought occurred to me- do you think there would be any bad effects from going to altitude on rivaroxaban? We are going to the alps this summer. what worries me is because I wouldn�...

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I had DVT and was offered both (or heparin injections) and asked if there was any particular reason I should choose warfarin, and other than “rivaroxaban is newer” there wasn’t. The thing a...

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Thanks guys. I’m going to speak to GP today. I think rivaroxaban would be better choice for me

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I was on Warsfarin for 10 yrs for AF and think I would have taken rivaroxaban like a shot if offered. Not that INRs were too onerous as my surgery in South Wales tested with a finger prick and ga...

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Risk of bleeding lower on rivaroxaban than warfarin, and no monitoring required. Predictable effect means no routine tests. Much easier than mucking around with INRs. Dabigatran similarly useful ...

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Hi, Took it for around 6 months with no harmful side effects. The downside to it is that there isnt an “antidote” as it were so if you get a bleed you may well need treatment. On the plus s...

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Hi guys. I wonder if anyone can help me here. I take warfarin for a DVT 6 years ago but have now been offered rivaroxaban. From what I can gather, I wouldn’t need to have my INR done with this,...

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