Tag: blood thinners
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Pradaxa-Related Liver Injury: Health Canada’s Drug Safety Review Of Pradaxa Concludes There Is A Link
Remains Unknown Whether Pradaxa Label Change About Liver Damage In Canada Will Be Followed By Similar FDA Action In US (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In May 2018 Health Canada announced…
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New Medical Evidence Suggests Pradaxa And Xarelto May Double The Risk Of Heart Attacks In Atrial Fibrillation Patients
An Observational Study Compared Myocardial Infarction / Heart Attack Risks As Between The Use Of Newer Blood Thinners And The Use Of Warfarin (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In the US,…
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Is Eliquis Really A Safe Alternative To Warfarin For A Patient On Hemodialysis, One Pharmacist Wonders
The Prescribing Information For Eliquis Suggests Such Use Is Safe, But There Is Limited Clinical Study Data In Support (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) _________________________________________ UPDATE: Here are two new…
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Eliquis May Appear To Be Safer Than Xarelto, But There Is No Randomized Head-To-Head Clinical Trials Comparing The Two, Yet
One Unfortunate Fact These Two New Blood-Thinners Have In Common Is That Neither Has An FDA-Approved Antidote At Present Time (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Earlier this month the medical journal…
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Savaysa Is Safe And Effective According To Recent Study, But Doctors Still Concerned About Lack Of Antidote To Stop Bleeding
Some Xarelto And Eliquis Lawsuits Accuse Drug Makers Of Failing To Warn That In Event Of Uncontrollable Bleeding There Is No Antidote, Just Like With Savaysa (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) …
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Eliquis, Savaysa, And Xarelto: New Blood Thinner Drugs Feared By Many Doctors Because No Antidote Is Available When Needed
Some Recent Articles Point Out the Real Problems And Consequences Of Major Bleeding Events Involving Eliquis, Savaysa, And Xarelto (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) As many of you know from direct-to-consumer…
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New Anti-Clotting Drug Savaysa Can Be Dangerous As It Has No Treatment Approved To Reverse The Anti-Coagulant Effect In Cases Of Bleeding
Like Eliquis, Xarelto, And Pradaxa, This New Blood-Thinner Is Being Sold By Drug Companies At A Time When Profits May Be Taking Priority Over Patient Safety (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) …
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Eliquis Antidote Will Come Too Late For People Who Suffered Serious Bleeding Events, Some Which Caused The Deaths Of Patients
Advertisements As Well As Prescribing Information / Drug Label Seem To Downplay The Fact That There Is No Reversal Agent For Eliquis, Yet (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) In print advertisements for their relatively new blood thinner medicine…
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Xarelto: Drug-Induced Liver Injury Warning Should Be Added To Drug Label Prescribing Information For Xarelto Say Medical Researchers
Medical Journal Article Reports On Two Patients Who Experienced Severe Liver Damage Onset During Xarelto Treatment (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) Most adverse drug reaction case reports associated with the still relatively new anticoagulant Xarelto (rivaroxaban)…
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Pradaxa Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) Result In Death More Often Than Other Anticoagulants / Blood Thinners ADE Reports
Again In 2012, Pradaxa (Dabigatran) Had Dubious Distinction Of Being Ranked First For Direct FDA Reports Of Adverse Events (Posted by Tom Lamb at DrugInjuryWatch.com) The October 2013 edition of ISMP QuarterWatch, Data from 2012…