TGA NoAC advisory

September 25, 2013

THE TGA has issued a safety advisory on ‘risk factors for bleeding’ in relation to the newly PBS-listed novel anticoagulants which include Eliquis (apixaban), Pradaxa (dabigatran) and Xarelto (rivaroxaban). The TGA said that with use of these medicines likely to increase it is timely to remind health professionals of the need to “carefully consider each patient’s risk factors for bleeding” when prescribing the products. “Clinical trials and post marketing experience have shown that major bleeding events, including those leading to death, have occurred with all of these products,” with the TGA urging renal function tests and consideration of a range of bleeding risk factors when considering NoACs.

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TGA NoAC advisory

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