Apixaban
Also sold as: Eliquis
Prescription neededBlood thinners
Comes as:Tablet
Also sold as: Eliquis
Atrial fibrillation: 5 mg twice a day (2.5 mg twice a day in some elderly or kidney patients). Treatment of clots: 10 mg twice a day for 7 days, then 5 mg twice a day. Do not stop without your doctor.
Your doctor may give you a different dose. Children's doses depend on weight.
Stop taking it and see a doctor straight away if you notice:
Medicines that can react with this one.
Together they greatly raise the risk of serious bleeding.
Ketoconazole tablets raise apixaban levels and the risk of bleeding; avoid.
Rifampicin lowers apixaban levels so it may not prevent clots; avoid.
Together they raise the risk of bleeding.