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ISSUE 1426
September 30, 2013
Rethinking Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation
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September 30, 2013 (Issue: 1426)
Full-page newspaper advertisements and a series of television
commercials have urged patients with atrial fibrillation
to "rethink warfarin" in favor of Eliquis (apixaban –
Bristol-Myers Squibb). Apixaban is the latest of 3 new oral
anticoagulants now competing with warfarin (Coumadin,
and others) for the oral anticoagulant market.
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