The new stuff requires much less testing, which is also expensive and profitable. It also has fewer side effects, like bleeding complications, and it is generally better at preventing most sorts of clots than warfarin. Antiphospholipid Ab syndrome is one of the few things where the new drugs have not proven categorically superior to warfarin.
On Thu, May 6, 2021, 5:57 PM Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Maybe the old warfarin based stuff has a history of working, where the new > stuff is a profit center? > > clay > > I have no pronouns please do not refer to me. > > > > > On May 6, 2021, at 6:17 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
