Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet

Quick info

Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet is a medicine known as an anticoagulant or blood thinner. It helps prevent and treat blood clots. It prevents and treats clot formation in the veins of your legs, lungs, brain, and heart. It is used to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet is a medicine known as an anticoagulant or blood thinner. It helps prevent and treat blood clots. It prevents and treats clot formation in the veins of your legs, lungs, brain, and heart. It is used to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet is commonly used in patients with irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation) to prevent clot formation. It also reduces the risk of getting clots in people who have undergone knee or hip replacement surgeries. It can be taken with or without food and it is best to take them at the same time each day. You may need to take this medicine for many years, even for life in some cases. Do not stop taking it or change the dose without guidance from your doctor. It could quickly put you more at risk of having a heart attack, stroke, or thrombosis (formation of a blood clot within a blood vessel). You can reduce your risk of having a blood clot by changing your lifestyle, such as not smoking, eating a healthy diet, getting regular exercise, and losing weight if you need to.

How it works

Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet is a novel oral anticoagulant (NOAC). It works by preventing the formation of blood clots in the body.

Direction of use

Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet may be taken with or without food but it is better to take it at a fixed time.

Tips

• Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet can be taken with or without food. Night time administration is not preferable.
• It interacts less with food or other medicines. Hence frequent dose changes are not required.
• It increases your risk of bleeding. Be careful while shaving, cutting fingernails or toenails, using sharp objects or engaging in contact sports (e.g. football, wrestling).
• Inform your doctor if you see blood in your vomit, urine or stool (black, tarry stools or bright red blood).
• If you are going to have a surgery or dental treatment, you may be asked to stop taking Eliquis 2.5mg Tablet temporarily.
• Notify your doctor if you have any kidney problem.
• Do not stop taking medication without talking to your doctor.