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Consultations (counselling) about oral anticoagulants apixaban, dabigatran, edoxaban, rivaroxaban and warfarin for patients with aphasia

8 October 2020These resources are designed to support all clinicians who communicate with patients prescribed warfarin  or direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), formerly known as novel  oral anticoagulants…

Warfarin

15 March 2013dm+d: 48603004

Is there an interaction between warfarin and proton pump inhibitors?

12 August 2019This updated Medicines Q&A evaluates the evidence for an interaction between warfarin and proton pump inhibitors. Summary Generally, the evidence for an interaction between warfarin…

Safety in Lactation: Drugs for thromboembolic disorders

18 September 2020Additional information relating to breastfeeding To be used in conjunction with individual drug entries for specific information and guidance. Oral anticoagulants The coumarin anticoagulants, warfarin…

Don’t Wait to Anticoagulate (DWAC)

21 May 2018The West of England AHSN (WEAHSN) has developed the Don’t Wait to Anticoagulate (DWAC) project through phase 1, to the most recent phase 3. This…

Can small volume intramuscular injections be given to patients taking oral anticoagulants?

17 September 2018This Medicines Q&A discusses the potential risks associated with the administration of small volume IM injections to patients taking oral anticoagulants. It has been partially…

Improving the safety of long term anticoagulant prescribing

15 May 2018NICE guidance on atrial fibrillation (AF) recommends that patients on anticoagulation with warfarin should have time in therapeutic range (TTR) assessed. Patients with TTR <65%…

Safer Prescribing of Oral Anticoagulants

21 May 2018The Oxford Academic Health Science Network (AHSN), together with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is currently establishing a new model of service delivery for the initiation…

Warfarin: preventing missed doses

21 May 2018Prior to October 2016 wafarin was routinely prescribed at 6pm for all in-patients at Southampton.  INRs were often not reviewed during the day by the…

Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation ‘Perfect’

26 May 2020Anticoagulation is key to reducing the risk of stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF).  However ensuring that the anticoagulant is prescribed at the correct dose for…