Does this thinner also have the advantage of an antidote (probably not the right word) that reverses the effect on the event of an emergency or surgery? I think the newer medications do not enjoy this feature.
Max Dillon Charleston SC May 6, 2021 9:25:55 AM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > The evidence for the DOACs like Xarelto for antiphopholipid antibody is not > as strong as the evidence for warfarin. There is some suggestion that > Xarelto etc may not work as well for arterial clots, though they both seem > to work OK for venous clots. Anyway it has not been super well studied but > until there is a good study showing comparable efficacy with both drugs in > a large number of patients, the recommendation will likely continue to be > for warfarin. At least that is my understanding. > > On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 6:18 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> As you may recall a while back I was in the hospital due to blood clots. >> They put me on Xarelto. It was still a mystery as to why this happened in >> the first place. My primary doctor sent me to a cancer doctor to figure it >> out. Went back to him for the 2nd time last week to run tests. Turns out I >> evidently have something called antiphospholid antibody syndrome. They are >> moving me from Xarelto to Coumadin for some reason which will require me to >> get blood tests weekly for a few weeks then monthly after. I guess I will >> ask but not sure why they would take me off the newer state of the art >> blood thinner that requires no testing to this older cheaper medication >> that does. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
