Dabigatran, fears in doctors’ minds.

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Sant Chaiyodsilp, MD

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The fact that many doctors still refuse to replace the anticoagulant warfarin with dabigatran, despite dabigatran’s better safetyprofile, is not a scientific problem but a psychological one. In my view there are four fears in doctors’ minds:

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Chaiyodsilp S. Dabigatran, fears in doctors’ minds. BKK Med J [Internet]. 2018 Feb. 20 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];14(1):88. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/bkkmedj/article/view/222444
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