Category list : Anticoagulants
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'Worrying' number of patients prescribed risky anticoagulant drug combinations
Tens of thousands of patients are potentially being put at risk of a major bleed by being prescribed an antiplatelet without gastroprotection or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug alongside an anticoagulant, NHS figures have shown.
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Forgotten patients: thousands left on risky anticoagulant combinations Subscription
Combinations of drugs involving anticoagulants are one of the most frequent causes of medicine-related hospital admissions, but pharmacists can help reduce the risk.
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DOACs account for 'notable number' of medication errors
A “notable number” of medication errors involving direct oral anticoagulants occurred in the first quarter of 2019, according to the National Pharmacy Association’s Medication Safety Officer update for April–June 2019.
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Aspirin increases bleeding risk in patients receiving warfarin Subscription
Compared with patients taking warfarin monotherapy, those taking aspirin and warfarin were at a higher risk of a bleeding event but the rate of thrombotic events was similar.
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Pharmacists should manage medicines during transitions of care to improve medicines safety, NHS Improvement proposes
A nominated pharmacist should be designated to manage medicines during patient transitions between all settings, NHS Improvement has proposed as part of a consultation on medicines safety.
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Anticoagulation: hospital and GP-based pharmacists working together Subscription
The pharmacist-led direct oral anticoagulation (DOAC) clinic at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, north west London, was set up in April 2017 and sees patients from Brent and Harrow clinical commissioning groups.
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People with dementia less likely to receive oral anticoagulants despite stroke risk Subscription
People with atrial fibrillation who have dementia are less likely to receive oral anticoagulants (OACs) than those without cognitive impairment, research has shown.
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Direct oral anticoagulants carry lower risk of major bleeding versus warfarin, data show Subscription
Research from primary care suggests apixaban may be the safest of the direct oral anticoagulants overall.
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Pharmacists in a multidisciplinary atrial fibrillation clinic Subscription
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance and increases in prevalence with advancing age. Each year, Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin assesses and admits over 400 patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack. AF is implicated as a causative factor in 33% of these cases. An AF-related stroke is more likely to be fatal, disabling and recurrent than a non-AF related stroke. The risk of AF-related stroke is greatly reduced, however, by early detection ...
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Anticoagulant prescribing for AF patients with high stroke risk more than doubles
GP prescribing of anticoagulants for the treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation and a high risk of stroke more than doubled between 2000 and 2016, from 35.4% to 75.5%, according to research published in July 2018.
