Apixaban

2 Drugs classified under this active ingredient

Anticoagulant, Direct Factor Xa Inhibitor. Apixaban 2.5 mg, Apixaban 5 mg.
FC tabs 2.5mg/5 mg X30
Prevent. of VTE (VTEp): elect. hip or knee replacem. surgery 2.5 mg taken orally 2Xd, initial dose to be taken 12 to 24 hs after surg. In ptts. undergoing hip replacem., tmt. is 32 to 38 days. In ptts. undergoing knee replacem., tmt. is 10 to 14 days. Prevent. of stroke and syst. embol. in ptts. with non-valv. atrial fibrill. (NVAF): 5 mg taken orally 2Xd. See full prescript. info.
 for 2.5 mg: prevent. of venous thromboemb. events (VTE) in adlt. ptts. who have undergone elect. hip or knee replacem.
 for both 2.5 and 5 mg: prevent. of stroke and syst. embol. in adlt. ptts. with non-valv. atrial fibrill. (NVAF), with one or more risk factors, such as prior stroke or transient isch. attack (TIA); age≥ 75 y; HT; diabetes mellitus; sympt. heart fail. (NYHA Class ≥ II). Tmt. of deep vein thromb.(DVT) and pulmon. embol. (PE), and prevent. of recurrent DVT and PE in adults.
C/I: Hypersens. Act. clin. signif. bleeding. • Hep. dis. assoc. with coagulopathy and clinic. relevant bleeding risk • Lesion or condit. posing a signif. risk factor for major bleeding, incl. current or recent GI ulcerat., presence of malign. neoplasms at high risk of bleeding, recent brain or spinal injury, recent brain, spinal or ophthalmic surg., recent intracran. haemorrhage, known or susp. oesophageal varices, arteriovenous malform., vasc. aneurysms or major intraspinal or intracerebral vasc. abnorm. • Concom. tmt. with any other anticoag. agent e.g. unfraction. heparin (UFH), low MW heparins (enoxaparin, dalteparin, etc.), heparin deriv. (fondaparinux, etc.), oral anticoag. (warfarin, rivaroxaban, dabigatran, etc.) except under spec. circumst. of switching anticoag. ther. or when UFH is given at doses necess. to maintain an open ctral. venous or arterial catheter.

Anticoagulant, Direct Factor Xa Inhibitor. Apixaban 2.5 mg, 5 mg.
F.C. TAB: 60 x 2.5mg, 60 x 5mg
Preven. of VTE (VTEp): elective hip or
knee replac. surg.- 2.5 mg ×2/d.
Init. dose should be taken 12 - 24 hrs.
after surg.
In pts. underg. hip replac. surg.- The
recom. duration of tmt. is 32- 38 d.
In pts. underg. knee replac. surg.: The
recom. duration of tmt. is 10- 14 d.
Preven. of stroke & syst. embol. in pts.
with non-valvul. atrial fibril. (NVAF):
5 mg ×2/d.
Dose reduction: 2.5mg×2/d in pts. with
NVAF and at least two of the follow.
characteristics: age ≥ 80 yrs., bdy. wt. ≤
60 kg, or ser. Cr ≥ 1.5 mg/dL (133
micromole/L).
Ther. should be cont. long term.
Tmt. of DVT, tmt. of PE and preven. of
recur. DVT &PE (VTEt)
Tmt. of acute DVT and tmt. of PE is 10
mg×2/d for the first 7 d. follow. by 5
mg ×2/d.
As per avail. med. guidelines, short
durat. of tmt. (at least 3 mnths.) should
be based on transient risk factor. (e.g.
recent surg., trauma, immobilis.).
Preven. of recur. DVT & PE is 2.5
mg×2/d. When preven. of recur. DVT &
PE is indic., the 2.5 mg×2/d should be
init. follow. complet. of 6 mnths. of tmt.
5 mg×2/d or with another anticoag.
See Lit.
2.5 mg tabs. - Preven. of VTE in adult pts.
who have undergone elect. hip or knee
replac. surg.
Preven. of stroke and syst. embol. in adult
pts. NVAF, with one/ more risk fact., e.g as
prior stroke, TIA; age ≥ 75 yrs.; hypertens.;
diabetes. mell.; symptom. HF (NYHA Class
≥ II).
Tmt. of DVT, PE , and preven. of recur.
DVT & PE in adult.
5 mg tabs. - Preven. of stroke, syst. embol.
in adult pts. NVAF, with one/ more risk
fact., e.g. prior stroke or TIA; age ≥ 75 yrs.;
hypertens.; diabetes mell.; symptom. HF
(NYHA Class ≥ II).
Tmt. of DVT, PE in adult. 
C/I: Hypersens.
Active clinic. signific. bleed.
Hep. dis. assoc. with coagulopathy
&clinic. relevant bleed. risk.
Lesion/ condit. if consid. a signific. risk
factor for major bleed. This may include
current or recent GI ulcer., presence of
malig. neoplasm. at high risk of bleed.,
recent brain, spinal inj., recent brain,
spinal or ophthalmic surg., recent
intracran. haemorrhage, known/
suspect. esophagi. varices, arterioven.
malform., vasc. aneurysms or major
intraspinal or intracerebr. vascular
abnorm.
Concom. tmt. with any other anticoag.
agent e.g. unfraction. heparin (UHF), low
molec. wt. heparins (enoxaparin,
dalteparin, etc.), heparin derivat.
(fondaparinux, etc.), oral anticoag.
(warfarin, rivaroxaban, dabigatran, etc.)
except under specific circumstances of
switching anticoag. ther.or when UHF is
given at doses necessary to maintain an
open centr. ven. or arterial catheter.