Pill Equals Injection in Preventing Clots After Hip Replacement
...nce between the two protective treatments FRIDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- In a head-to-head trial, Swedish researchers found that a pill called dabigatran etexilate (DE) is just as effective as an injected drug, enoxaparin, in reducing the risk of blood clots after total hip replacement surgery. As re...The Lancet Publishes Major Phase 3 Study on Novel Oral Direct Thrombin Inhibitor
... Study results outline dabigatran etexilate as potential thromboprophylaxis ther...sults from the RE-NOVATE study, which investigated dabigatran etexilate as a potential therapy for patients unde... and 150mg) of the oral direct thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran etexilate, administered for a median of 33 days, w...