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Blood Thinners covers anticoagulant and antiplatelet medicines in tablet and capsule form, used to prevent harmful blood clots, including Eliquis, Xarelto, Pradaxa and Clopidogrel Tablets.

Eliquis

Apixaban

2.5mg · 5mg

Apixaban tablets for preventing blood clots and stroke. Unlike warfarin, they do not need routine blood monitoring.

From$3.33/ tabletView

Clopidogrel Tablets

Clopidogrel

75mg

Clopidogrel tablets for preventing heart attacks and strokes. It irreversibly stops platelets from clumping together, so the effect lasts for the life of the cell.

From$0.47/ tabletView

Coumadin

Warfarin

1mg · 2mg · 2.5mg · 5mg

Warfarin tablets for venous thromboembolism and stroke prevention. It stops the liver from making vitamin K-dependent clotting factors.

From$0.16/ tabletView

Medex Tablets

Warfarin

1mg · 5mg

Warfarin tablets for blood clots and stroke prevention. The dose is adjusted based on regular INR blood tests.

From$0.32/ tabletView

Brilinta

Ticagrelor

90mg

Ticagrelor tablets for acute coronary syndrome and heart attack. It stops platelets from sticking together by blocking the signals that activate them.

From$3.11/ tabletView

Pradaxa

Dabigatran Etexilate

75mg · 110mg · 150mg

Dabigatran etexilate capsules to prevent stroke and treat deep vein thrombosis. It stops thrombin from forming blood clots.

From$2.57/ capsuleView

Xarelto

Rivaroxaban

15mg

Rivaroxaban tablets for acute coronary syndrome and coronary artery disease. This anticoagulant reduces the risk of blood clots.

From$2.98/ tabletView

Key points

  • Anticoagulants interfere with the clotting process itself and include warfarin, apixaban, dabigatran and rivaroxaban.
  • Antiplatelet medicines such as clopidogrel work differently, reducing how much platelets clump together rather than acting on clotting factors.
  • Bleeding is a safety concern shared across the whole range, whichever family a medicine belongs to.

Anticoagulants and antiplatelets in this range

Blood thinners is a familiar term, but this range holds two different families rather than a single medicine class, because each acts at a different point in clot formation. Eliquis contains Apixaban, Pradaxa contains dabigatran etexilate, Xarelto contains rivaroxaban and Coumadin contains Warfarin. Together, these anticoagulants are listed for venous thromboembolism and for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation.

Clopidogrel Tablets, Brilinta (ticagrelor) and Dipyridamole Tablets are the antiplatelets in this range. Together they are listed for Acute Coronary Syndrome, myocardial infarction prevention or stroke prevention, alongside Clopidogrel itself.

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