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Apixaban is used to lower the risk of stroke or a blood clot in people with a heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation. Apixaban reduces the risk of forming a blood clot in the legs and lungs of people who have just had hip or knee replacement surgery. Apixaban treats blood clots in the veins of your legs (DVT - deep vein thrombosis) or lungs (pulmonary embolism), and reduce the risk of them occurring again.

Pradaxa helps to prevent platelets in your blood from sticking together and forming a blood clot. pradaxa is used to prevent blood clots and to reduce the risk of stroke in people with a certain type of heart rhythm disorder. pradaxa is also used to treat or prevent blood clots in the veins of your legs (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT), or the veins in your lungs (pulmonary embolism, or PE).