Medication Review: DOACs vs Warfarin

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Lesson 1 of this learning activity titled "Medication Review, DOACs vs. Warfarin" provides an overview of oral anticoagulants and their uses. The lesson focuses on Warfarin, covering its mechanism of action, indications, pharmacology, dosing, drug interactions, and monitoring. Warfarin has a long onset of action and requires regular monitoring of the International Normalized Ratio (INR) to ensure therapeutic levels. It also has many drug and food interactions. However, it can be reversed in case of bleeding with various agents. The need for alternative anticoagulants led to the development of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs).

Keywords

Warfarin

drug interactions

monitoring

alternative anticoagulants

DOACs