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ELIQUIS® (apixaban)
Quick Reference Dosing Guide

ELIQUIS for the treatment of NVAF / DVT / PE

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This Dosing Card may be read in its electronic form (PDF) or it may be printed and read.

If the Dosing Card is printed, please ensure that:

  • It is printed in its entirety. Please do not attempt to print and use individual pages in isolation, as it has been designed to be printed in entirety
  • Its content is not edited or altered in any way
  • It is printed in colour
  • It is printed on A4 size paper
  • The pages are placed in the correct order as per the page numbering

ELIQUIS (apixaban) is indicated for prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), with one or more risk factors, such as prior stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), age ≥75 years, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, symptomatic heart failure (NYHA Class ≥II); treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), and prevention of recurrent DVT and PE in adults; and, prevention of VTE in adult patients who have undergone elective hip or knee replacement surgery.1

Footnotes:

  • BD = Twice Daily   DOAC = Direct-acting Oral Anticoagulant   INR = International Normalised Ratio   SmPC = Summary of Product Characteristics   UFH = Unfractionated Heparin

References:

  1. ELIQUIS® (apixaban) Summary of Product Characteristics.
  2. Alexander JH et al. JAMA Cardiol 2016; 1: 673-681
  3. Agnelli G et al. N Engl J Med 2013; 369: 799-808
  4. Steffel J et al. Eur Heart J 2018; 39: 1330–1393.

Reporting of suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product. Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via HPRA Pharmacovigilance at www.hpra.ie

Adverse reactions should also be reported to Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Information on 1 800 749 749 or medical.information@bms.com