Medication Reference
Medications A-Z
A library of drug guides focused on a single question: how is this medication different for Black patients? Every page leads with the published evidence, cites FDA labels and professional-society guidelines, and flags uncertainty where the research is mixed or absent.
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Apixaban
Direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC), factor Xa inhibitorBrand: Eliquis
The ARISTOTLE trial (Granger et al., NEJM 2011;365:981–92, PMID 21870978) showed apixaban superior to warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, with …
View guideRivaroxaban
Direct-acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC), factor Xa inhibitorBrand: Xarelto
ROCKET-AF (Patel et al., NEJM 2011;365:883–91) showed rivaroxaban non-inferior to warfarin for AF stroke prevention. The Black subgroup was small (~3 percent). …
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