A Clearinghouse for Information about Blood Clots (DVT/)PE) and Clotting Disorders (thrombophilia) provided as a public service by the University of North Carolina Blood Research Center

Blood Thinners – Anticoagulants



Oral anticoagulants:

Coumadin®, Jantoven® (warfarin)

Guide to starting warfarin (English)  – guide to starting coumadin/warfarin from UNC Health Care

Su guía para la terapia de Coumadin®/Warfarina  –  Spanish language guide to starting coumadin/warfarin from UNC Health Care

Finding a specialized anticoagulation “Coumadin” clinic  – list of clinics in the United States from the Anticoagulation Forum

Vitamin K content of foods – Information on Vitamin K content of specific foods, a service of Alere Anticoagulation Solutions. 

Coumadin® for consumers –  website of the manufacturer of brand Coumadin.  Contains videos, brochures and other educational information in both English and Spanish


Eliquis® (apixaban)

Eliquis –  Official product website from the manufacturer 

Eliquis full prescribing information –  the FDA approved  pdf of full prescribing information

Eliquis patient information guide – the FDA approved medication guide for patients


Savaysa® (edoxaban)

Savaysa – Official patient website from the manufacturer


Pradaxa® (dabigatran)

Pradaxa (dabigatran) website  – manufacturer’s official website with information on Pradaxa for consumers

Pradaxa Patient Mediation Guide  – Pradaxa (dabigatran) medication guide from the FDA in .pdf format

Pradaxa full prescribing information – package insert with full Pradaxa (dabigatran) prescribing information

A Patient’s Guide to Taking Dabigatran Etexilate– a patient education handout from Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association


Xarelto® (rivaroxaban)

Xarelto website – Xarelto (rivaroxaban) official website from the manufacturer

Xarelto Patient Medication Guide – Xarelto medication guide for patients 

Xarelto prescribing information – Xarelto full prescribing package insert in a .pdf format


Injectable anticoagulants:

Low-molecular weight heparins LMWH: Lovenox® (enoxaparin), Fragmin® (dalteparin),Innohep® (tinzaparin)

How to self-inject guide – step-by-step guide on how to self-inject from the manufacturer of Lovenox

How to self-inject video – video demonstrating how to self-inject from the manufacturer of Lovenox

Lovenox website – official website from manufacturer of Lovenox

Fragmin website – website from manufacturer of Fragmin


Arixtra® (fondaparinux)

Arixtra prescribing information – from the manufacture


Intravenous (IV) anticoagulants:

Heparin

Heparin – Information from MedlinePlus, an education resource of the US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) – brochure from Clot Connect

Bevyxxa® (betrixaban)

Bevyxxa – FDA full prescribing information

Bevyxxa website- manufacturer’s website