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  2. Direct factor Xa inhibitors - Wikipedia

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    The monitoring of warfarin and keeping the international normalized ratio (INR) between 2.0 and 3.0, along with avoiding over and under treatment, has driven a search for an alternative. [3] [14] A naturally occurring inhibitor of factor Xa was reported in 1971 by Spellman et al. from the dog hookworm. [15]

  3. Discovery and development of direct Xa inhibitors - Wikipedia

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    Warfarin treatment requires blood monitoring and dose adjustments regularly due to its narrow therapeutic window. If supervision isn't adequate warfarin poses a threat in causing, all too frequent, haemorrhagic events and multiple interactions with food and other drugs.

  4. Direct thrombin inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    As they are administered by injection (intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous), they are less suitable for long-term treatment. [ 1 ] Argatroban (as well as the hirudins) is used for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia , a relatively infrequent yet serious complication of heparin treatment that requires anticoagulation (as it increases both ...

  5. Apixaban - Wikipedia

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    Apixaban is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and at least one of the following risk factors: prior stroke or transient ischemic attack, age 75 years or older, diabetes, or symptomatic heart failure.

  6. Loading dose - Wikipedia

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    In pharmacokinetics, a loading dose is an initial higher dose of a drug that may be given at the beginning of a course of treatment before dropping down to a lower maintenance dose. [ 1 ] A loading dose is most useful for drugs that are eliminated from the body relatively slowly, i.e. have a long systemic half-life .

  7. Heart diseases raise dementia risk: Could a common blood ...

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    Now, in a new study whose results appeared in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers found that people undergoing heparin treatment developed Alzheimer’s symptoms up to 2 years later than the typical ...

  8. Vitamin K antagonist - Wikipedia

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    We undertook a post-hoc analysis of data from the ROCKET AF (Rivaroxaban Once-Daily, Oral, Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation, n = 14,624) for stroke or non-CNS embolism within 30 days after temporary interruptions of 3 days or more, early permanent ...

  9. Antiplatelet drug - Wikipedia

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    Antiplatelet medications are one of the primary recommendations for treatment of both stable [4] and unstable [5] ischemic heart disease.Most commonly, aspirin is used as a single medication in cases of uncomplicated stable angina, and in some cases of unstable angina.