Xarelto 15mg

Indications for taking Xarelto 15mg.

Xarelto 15mg is prescribed to patients for the prevention of systemic or venous thromboembolism after orthopedic surgery. In some cases, Xarelto 15mg is used for prescribing patients with atrial fibrillation. As practice shows, this leads to a decrease in mortality rates from heart and vascular diseases.
Method of application and dosage of Xarelto.
It is recommended to take capsules of Xarelto 15mg once or twice a day (at any time, regardless of food intake). You should try to swallow capsules whole, without opening them, you can drink plenty of liquid to facilitate swallowing. In order to prevent venous thromboembolism, 30 mg of medicament are taken once a day (one capsule of 15 mg each). For patients with moderate renal dysfunction, a dose of Xarelto, reduced to 15 mg, is required, which is 1 capsule of 15 mg.

Contraindications of Xarelto 15mg.

Xarelto 15mg is forbidden to take at:
intolerance or hypersensitivity to one or more of the components of the agent; with renal insufficiency of severe degree; with clinically significant active bleeding; with spontaneous or pharmacologically induced disturbance of homeostasis; with functional disorders of the liver; with intracranial hemorrhage in the anamnesis; malignant neoplasms; with traumas of the brain or traumas of the spine in the anamnesis; with the ulcer of the gastrointestinal tract; intraspinal or intracerebral vascular disorders; with varicose veins of the esophagus. In the case of joint use of antiplatelet agents and Xarelto 15mg, there may be a threefold increase in the risk of bleeding. It is forbidden to use this medication in combination with other anticoagulants. At this time, there is no information about the consequences caused by the reception of Xarelto 15mg by patients under the age of 18 years.

Special instructions of Xarelto 15mg.

Xarelto 15mg and the remedy itself should be used with care in the case of conditions associated with an increased risk of bleeding. During treatment with the drug, bleeding of different locations may develop. With a decrease in the concentration of hemoglobin and / or hematocrit in the blood, accompanied by a decrease in blood pressure, there is a possibility of bleeding, the source of which must necessarily be found.