Expect Lower Anticoagulant Doses to Be Tried to Prevent Recurrent Thrombosis
More patients will use LOW-dose direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) long-term to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE).
Patients who have a VTE are typically treated with warfarin or a DOAC (Eliquis, etc) for 3 months.
This is usually long enough if an initial VTE was caused by a short-term risk...such as a minor trauma or surgery.
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