Pradaxa

[uchong]

anyone know about this Pradaxa was approved by FDA as a Anti-Coagulation with no problem with Vit. K.

 

[catwoman]

It was approved for use in a-fib. Can't remember about DVT or PE or for prosthetic joints post-op. Ads being run -- not using the name of the Rx, but the website goes to the mfr of Pradaxa -- only mention a-fib.
My guess is it will be a while before any approval for other uses, definitely for use with mechanical valvers.

 

[Protimenow]

Yes, only for A-Fib, and I'm told by a representative of one of the testers that it'll cost about $8 a day. Pradaxa is apparently the commercial name - dibigitran (?) is the name of the drug - although I may have this reversed. I was also told that there are other drugs nearing FDA approval - and that we may see a few being approved within the next few years.

I'm told, too, that there are A-fib patients for whom this medication will not get their INR into range, so they'll probably still have to use warfarin to get into range and stay there.

Others on another forum reported that there's no antidote for it - so if it works too well -- it works too well. (I can't confirm this).

For myself, I think I'd still prefer the dime or two a day I pay for Warfarin and $4 or $5 a week (or two) for the test strips to paying almost $8 for a new medication. (Since I don't have A-fib, I'm not a candidate for it anyway).

Things on the anticoagulation front may be somewhat different a decade or so from now.

 

[Jkm7]

Yes, only for A-Fib, and I'm told by a representative of one of the testers that it'll cost about $8 a day. Pradaxa is apparently the commercial name - dibigitran (?) is the name of the drug - although I may have this reversed. I was also told that there are other drugs nearing FDA approval - and that we may see a few being approved within the next few years.

I'm told, too, that there are A-fib patients for whom this medication will not get their INR into range, so they'll probably still have to use warfarin to get into range and stay there.

Others on another forum reported that there's no antidote for it - so if it works too well -- it works too well. (I can't confirm this).

For myself, I think I'd still prefer the dime or two a day I pay for Warfarin and $4 or $5 a week (or two) for the test strips to paying almost $8 for a new medication. (Since I don't have A-fib, I'm not a candidate for it anyway).

Things on the anticoagulation front may be somewhat different a decade or so from now.

I have read several times about there being no anitidote for pradaxa and have asked every time I have seen that mentioned if there is an antidote for plavix..... a widely prescribed drug? No one has ever responded and I have found none in my (not very sophisticated) searches. I am weak in the search department so do not depend upon my own accuracy.

If Plavix is used so widely with no antidote, what makes that different than using pradaxa?