Description
Apixaban is a type of medicine known as an anticoagulant. It makes your blood flow through your veins more easily, which means your blood is less likely to make blood clots. It’s used to treat people who have had a health problem caused by a blood clot, such as: a blood clot in the leg (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT)
Apixaban is indicated for the following:
- To lower the risk of stroke and embolism in people with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prevention. DVTs may lead to pulmonary embolism (PE) in knee or hip replacement surgery patients.
- Treatment of both DVT and PE.
- To reduce the risk of recurring DVT and PE after initial therapy.
In the EU, apixaban is indicated for the prevention of venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in adults who have undergone elective hip or knee replacement surgery, the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adults with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) with one or more risk factors, for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in adults, and for the prevention of recurrent DVT and PE in adults.
