Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Rivaroxaban as follows: If you are being scheduled for any surgical procedure, Rivaroxaban must be discontinued, a few days before the scheduled date for surgery. Rivaroxaban can be started back again after the surgical procedure, upon your doctor’s recommendation. Discuss with your doctors and other health care team members regarding your schedule on discontinuing Rivaroxaban and starting back on it. Watch out closely for [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Rivaroxaban as follows: Evenly space out the doses of Rivaroxaban and take the dose at the scheduled time every day. Keeping to the schedule of Rivaroxaban intake helps to avoid forgetting the medication. Also, maintaining a schedule for anticoagulant intake will help maintain the blood uniformly thin. This prevents the risks of extra thinning with consequent bleeding and thickening of blood with consequent clot [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Rivaroxaban as follows: Do not consume alcohol, while you are taking Rivaroxaban, as alcohol can increase the effects of blood thinner and consequently, make the blood extra thin, thus resulting episodes of hemorrhage and bleeding. Rivaroxaban should be avoided in individuals taking NSAIDs and other blood thinners. Taking Rivaroxaban along with NSAIDs or other blood thinners concurrently can significantly increase the risk for bleeding [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the precautions to be observed while taking Rivaroxaban as follows: Patients taking Rivaroxaban can present with nose bleeds at the slightest injury. Avoid excessive sneezing and nose picking, which can result in heavy nose bleeds. Also, avoid exposure to extreme cold climate, as the weather in cold seasons dry the mucus membrane out, thus damaging the integrity of nasal mucosa and resulting in nasal bleeds, that can be difficult to stop. [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on the side-effects of using Rivaroxaban as follows: Internal bleeds Patients taking Rivaroxaban can occasionally present with episodes of internal bleeding, resulting in coughing up of blood, vomit that looks like coffee grounds, red colored urine, bleeding per rectum that is either bright red or brown black in color. Hemorrhagic stroke Patients taking Rivaroxaban can occasionally present with episodes of internal bleeding from cerebral blood vessels, resulting in episodes of headache, dizziness, [...]