Journal article
Trends in Prescribing Oral Anticoagulants in Canada, 2008–2014
Abstract
PURPOSE: The non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs), dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban, provide several advantages over vitamin K antagonists, such as warfarin. Little is known about the trends of prescribing OACs in Canada. In this study we analyzed changes in prescription volumes for OAC drugs since the introduction of the NOACs in Canada overall, by province and by physician specialty.
METHODS: Canadian prescription volumes …
Authors
Weitz JI; Semchuk W; Turpie AGG; Fisher WD; Kong C; Ciaccia A; Cairns JA
Journal
Clinical Therapeutics, Vol. 37, No. 11, pp. 2506–2514.e4
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.09.008
ISSN
0149-2918