Warfarin Treatment Seen As Superior to Pradaxa
The Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City is suggesting that warfarin may be a more effective blood thinning medication than newer ones like Pradaxa . Speaking at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Jack Ansell took issue with a “knee-jerk” trend he was noticing among doctors who took patients off of warfarin in favor of newer medications, such as Pradaxa. Because warfarin (