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Apixaban 2.5mg Tablets Atrial Fibrillation
Consultations
A Visual Support Tool
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Your new tablet is Apixaban 2.5mg The brand name is Eliquis
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Apixaban stops most strokes
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Apixaban stops most strokes
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Most people take Apixaban for life
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Your GP will do a blood test a few times a year
This is less often than with Warfarin
Most people do not need dose changes
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Take Apixaban twice a day With OR without food Never miss tablets ©Bucks Healthcare & NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service 2017 7
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Apixaban is short lived in the body
Do not miss any tablets
Apixaban makes it take longer to stop bleeding
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If bleeding or black poo tell your doctor today
If lots get help now!
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If you hit your head badly
Get help now!
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If you hit any part of your body badly Get help now!
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If you are bleeding a lot
Get help now!
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Short lived in the body
Most bleeding stops within a few hours
Always keep your card with you
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Foods
All foods are okay
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Do not drink lots of alcohol
or
or
Some is okay
Not lots
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Tell people you are on Apixaban
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Ask your doctor about new medicines
? Paracetamol is okay
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Summary for healthcare
professionals INR testing not necessary and does not
reflect efficacy
Important patient takes Apixaban everyday
It does not matter when it is taken in relation to food
No significant food or alcohol interactions
If very ill check U&Es to ensure there is no decline in renal function requiring a review of Apixaban
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Any questions
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Author information
• Satinder Bhandal , Consultant Pharmacist Anticoagulation, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
• Katrina Clarkson, Principal Speech and Language Therapist, Regional Hyperacute Rehabilitation Unit, Northwick Park Hospital
• Nina Barnett Consultant Pharmacist, Older People, Medicines Use and Safety Division, NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service and London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
The authors thank the patients and staff of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust for their suggestions and feedback.
The information presented has been prepared using sources believed by the authors to be reliable and accurate. However, the authors make no warranty or assume no legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy or completeness. Moreover, the authors accept no responsibility for the decisions made by readers.
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