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AntiCoagulation Europe needs you
We rely on membership, donations and sponsorship to continue
our work. We know from past experience how your generosity has helped us to
provide information and also to buy self-testing monitors for babies and
children.
Please continue to help us in whatever way you can - we have
easy ways for you to donate.
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A campaign to increase understanding of thrombosis and stroke prevention
It's about time
is a new campaign led by AntiCoagulation Europe and a Taskforce of key
international physicians and healthcare professionals, which aims to
promote greater understanding of thrombosis and stroke prevention and
ultimately to help raise standards of care.
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Abolition of prescription charges |
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Written by Dr. Richard Moore
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Some time ago we started to ask Government to review the
existing Prescriptions Exemptions list with the aim to include anticoagulation
therapy in the list. Although there are many conditions requiring permanent
medication only the following qualify for exemption:
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What is the Stop the Clot Campaign?
Stop the Clot is an educational public awareness campaign to highlight the risks of developing a blood clot whilst in hospital and how simple it is to prevent this.
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It's about time patient survey |
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The it's about time pan-European survey(1) involved 711
patients who are receiving long-term anticoagulation therapy for atrial
fibrillation (AF), a major risk factor for thrombosis that is associated with a
five-fold increased risk of stroke, compared to those with a normal
heartbeat(2). The results of this new survey provide a unique insight into the
day-to-day challenges that patients face with anticoagulation treatment with
vitamin K antagonists (VKAs), such as warfarin.
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Equality for the Republic of Ireland |
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AntiCoagulation Europe is campaigning to get the reagent
testing strips needed for oral anticoagulation testing available on
prescription in the same way they are in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland.
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Strips on prescription resource pack |
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AntiCoagulation Europe have been contacted by a number of
people to say that they are experiencing difficulty in obtaining the reagent
testing strips for their self-monitoring devices on prescription.
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