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Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Low-Dose Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Conclusions: The results of this population-based study suggest that low-dose dabigatran has a better effective composite than warfarin. Compared with apixaban, low-dose dabigatran had a better effectiveness composite but a worse safety profile. Low-dose apixaban had a better safety composite than warfarin and other low-dose DOACs. Given that the comparative effectiveness and safety seem to vary from one DOAC to another, pharmacokinetic data for specific populations are now warranted.
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - January 14, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Warfarin adherence and anticoagulation control in atrial fibrillation patients: a systematic review
CONCLUSIONS: While the available evidence is limited, this systematic review demonstrated a positive finding of the association between warfarin adherence and anticoagulation control in patients with AF.PMID:34982455 | DOI:10.26355/eurrev_202112_27642
Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - January 4, 2022 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: M Ababneh S A Nasser A Rababa'h F Ababneh Source Type: research

Biased signalling in platelet G-protein-coupled receptors.
Abstract Platelets are small megakaryocyte-derived, anucleate, disk-like structures that play an outsized role in human health and disease. Both a decrease in the number of platelets, as well as a variety of platelet function disorders, result in petechiae or bleeding which can be life threatening. Conversely, the inappropriate activation of platelets, within diseased blood vessels, remains the leading cause of death and morbidity through affecting heart attacks and stroke. The fine balance of the platelet state in healthy individuals is controlled by a number of receptor-mediated signalling pathways that allow th...
Source: Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology - August 25, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Thibeault PE, Ramachrandran R Tags: Can J Physiol Pharmacol Source Type: research