Description
What Xarelto is and what it is used
for
non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
– treatment of clots in the veins of your legs (deep vein thrombosis) and in the blood vessels of your lungs (pulmonary embolism) and to prevent them from recurring in the blood vessels of your legs and / or lungs.
Xarelto belongs to a group of medicines called antithrombotic agents. By its action, it blocks a blood clotting factor (factor Xa) and thus reduces the tendency of the blood to form clots.
What dose to take
– To prevent clots in the brain (stroke) and other blood vessels in your body
The recommended dose is one Xarelto 20 mg tablet once a day.
If you suffer from kidney problems, the dose can be reduced to one Xarelto 15 mg tablet once a day.
If you need a procedure to treat blocked blood vessels in your heart (called percutaneous coronary intervention – stent-based PCI), there is limited evidence to reduce the dose to one Xarelto 15 mg tablet once a day (or to one Xarelto 10 mg tablet once a day). daily if your kidneys are not working properly) in addition to an antiplatelet medicine such as clopidogrel.
– For the treatment of clots in the veins of your legs and clots in the blood vessels of your lungs and to prevent the recurrence of clots.
The recommended dose is one Xarelto 15 mg tablet twice a day for the first 3 weeks. For treatment after the third week, the recommended dose is one Xarelto 20 mg tablet once a day.
After at least 6 months of clot treatment, your doctor may decide to continue treatment with either one 10 mg tablet once a day or one 20 mg tablet once a day.
If you suffer from kidney problems and take one Xarelto tablet once a day, your doctor may decide to reduce the treatment dose after the third week to one Xarelto 15 mg tablet once a day if the risk of bleeding is higher than the risk of recurrence. clot formation.
Swallow the tablet (s) preferably with water.
Take Xarelto with food.
