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There was a guy in their who said you can argue your way onto the other ones - gaba or whatever.
"I wonder which drug you are going to be put on? It depends unfortunately on your local CCG (comissioning group that decides how money is spent - unfortunately NHS services still remain a postcode lottery for some) but you could ask - if not offered - for rivaroxaban or dabigatran - my preference would be rivaroxaban as pts complain of more gastric reflux type symptoms with dabigatran. These are all "new" anticoagulant drugs - as opposed to the traditional warfarin. The main drawback is there is no reversal agents for them... they all essentially extend the time that blood takes to clot so bleeding is the main risk - however warfarin can be reversed but the newer drugs (riv and dab) they cannot be reversed. It all depends on your outlook on life as to whether you see this as a concern for you or not - at the end of the day whether you bleed on warfarin or riv or dab the hole has to be found and plugged! Most importantly it is important to remember that none of them make you bleed, but if you do bleed you bleed for longer. All of this will be explained to you I'm sure. Also with Rivaroxaban and Dabigatran they do not need regular blood test monitoring that warfarin requires - so in terms of not interferring with work they are far less hassle."
Time to open one of my natural blood thinner cans I think...