One tablet daily rivaroxaban will provide patients with atrial fibrillation of the heart protection from stroke. Experts say the drug works no worse than the anticoagulant warfarin.
Warfarin It was originally a rat poison (pictured), and as a means of preventing stroke, it is used with the 1950s. In rivarokasabana, according to scientists, fewer side effects. In the UK alone, up to 900 thousand patients with Atrial Fibrillation We could go on rivaroxaban to prevent strokes.
This drug belongs to a new generation of anticoagulants - drugs that prevent the formation of blood clots. With atrial fibrillation heart works much faster laid, because of which blood clots may form tiny capable of developing into thrombi and cause a stroke. Atrial fibrillation is responsible for one in seven cases of stroke.
Many patients with "mertsalkoy" have to take the rest of my life anticoagulants, so the question of drug development, "friendly" to patients, is very important. Rivaroxaban is much easier tolerated by patients, which is a strong argument in its favor.
However, a significant disadvantage is possible to name its price. In Britain, the monthly rate warfarin It costs only 1 pound, excluding the price of doctor visits, and a month's supply of rivaroxaban - 64 pounds. But doctors believe that this change is worth the money. Because warfarin is badly combined with other drugs, alcohol and certain foods, including green vegetables and grapefruit.
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