Volume 6, Number 2, Apr-May-Jun 2009

Understanding the Potential of New Oral Anticoagulant Drugs
Professor David Fitzmaurice, Peter Rose, Ellen Murray

Although there are other oral anticoagulation agents available, warfarin is the drug used predominantly in the UK. Warfarin has been in clinical use for over 50 years. It is still referred to by patients as ‘rat poison’ and,indeed, warfarin derivatives are still used as rodenticides.In this article, we take a look at some of the new oral anticoagulants coming along.

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