Table 1.

Characteristics of an ideal anticoagulant

  1. High efficacy-to-safety index

  2. Predictable dose response that allows dosing without the need for laboratory monitoring

  3. Administration by parenteral and oral routes

  4. Rapid onset of action

  5. Availability of a safe antidote

  6. Freedom from non-anticoagulant side effects

  7. Minimal interaction with other drugs

 

  1. High efficacy-to-safety index

  2. Predictable dose response that allows dosing without the need for laboratory monitoring

  3. Administration by parenteral and oral routes

  4. Rapid onset of action

  5. Availability of a safe antidote

  6. Freedom from non-anticoagulant side effects

  7. Minimal interaction with other drugs

 
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