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Hi does anyone know how I can receive a new one of the above please apart from the internet pdf please.

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jonjub

Most anticoagulant medicines contain a patient Alert card within the packet.

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I have never seen one and been on A.C. s for 14 years !

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Perhaps it’s just Rivaroxaban that provides them then but a few weeks ago when this was last discussed i got the impression that it was general. My mistake.

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CDreamer in reply tojonjub

No its not - pradaxa & apixaban have for sure! You could always make your own, print out on business cards.

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Tracie50 in reply toCDreamer

Thanks but I can't hospital wouldn't accept it

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opal11uk in reply toTracie50

what do you mean, the hospital wouldn't accept it?

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opal11uk in reply toopal11uk

I used to be on Warfarin and had a yellow book for recording, these you will get at the hospital or clinic

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CDreamer in reply toTracie50

It’s an alert card - to alert paramedics and A&E in an emergency - of course they accept it. No different to carrying a alert card from AFA or drug company. What I do is put on my NHS number, name and contact of my specialists, list of medications and a photograph of myself looking well as my face changes when I’m not. And yes you can get it all on a small card if double sided & then laminate it.

I’m sorry but I don’t understand what you want and who you want it from?

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Wendypsmith in reply toCDreamer

I also believe it's because vitamin k will not stem a serious bleed unlike other generations of anticoagulants. Excuse me if I'm wrong

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jeanjeannie50 in reply tojonjub

Have never seen one in any Warfarin packet. I think mine may have been given to me at my first visit to the doctors surgery to have my INR tested. It wouldn't surprise me if our local pharmacy had them too.

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Tracie50 in reply tojeanjeannie50

Thanks will try

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Tracie50 in reply tojonjub

Not with warfarin but thanks

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bushy2016 in reply tojonjub

There is one in every box i get with apixaban...I also wear a medical alert band ..with my personal health details on

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Callingbird in reply tobushy2016

Where did you get the medical alert band? I carry a card but suspect no one will look in my purse for it if I was in an accident.

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Angie06 in reply toCallingbird

I also have a medical alert bracelet from the id band company online which alerts people to the card in my purse with all my details on it.

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momist in reply toCallingbird

Mine came from a supplier on eBay. There are a variety of medical alert bands available, from expensive jewellery types down to plastic imitation braided leather, but the ones I find most useful are simple neoprene (elastic) bands as used for many other purposes. Mine are white and say 'ANTICOAGULANT' and 'APIXABAN MEDICATED' together with the international med-alert symbol.

You can also find them on Amazon.

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Callingbird in reply tomomist

Thanks. I have looked on amazon and cannot find any elastic ones. They would be ideal to hang from my driving mirror or off my handbag. Can not find handbag charms that are alerts. Shall carry on looking.

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momist in reply toCallingbird

Try here:

ebay.co.uk/sch/tom_uncle/m....

amazon.co.uk/Divoti-Pre-Eng...

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Callingbird in reply tomomist

Thank you

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JackyMac in reply toCallingbird

Amazon sell wrist bands for most medical alert conditions.

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Tmax71 in reply tobushy2016

I also have a med alert bracelet I wear also have them on the outside of all my handbags. I got my online. X

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Callingbird in reply toTmax71

Thanks for replies. That is very helpful.

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Jlaine in reply tobushy2016

My illiquid comes in a sealed bottle. No alerts with it. Just saying!

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Palmer in reply tojonjub

If you wear a bracelet you do not have to remember to carry a card, wear and forget!

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Drounding

You can contact the AFA admin, they used to have cards and should be able to post you one.

BobD profile image
BobDVolunteer

Contact AF Association who have them available.

Luludean profile image
Luludean

From your pharmacy. Very simple. Rivaraxaban etc have the pink card inside the pill packet ..

Tracie50 profile image
Tracie50

Not warfarin but Thanks

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SimplySimonUK

If you have a smart phone, put all your info on there. On the iPhone there’s a built-in health app where you can enter emergency contact details, health conditions and medication. This is accessible from the lock screen, so paramedics can find out the info they need even if you’re unconscious.

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Heartfelt46

Hi Tracie,

I went online and bought a Medical alert bracelet which I wear all the time.

Apixaban do have a card in every box, but I do not take bag etc everywhere I go, so bracelet is simple answer.

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Gertsen

I am on Apixaban the packet always contain one.

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KMRobbo

Which a.c. Are you on? Are you in the UK?

FyldeWhite profile image
FyldeWhite

My Chemist asked me if I had one, last time I picked my Warfarin up and then gave me one to replace the worn out one I had.

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voyagersprit

I have a official NHS Alert Card from my doctors as well as an Apixaban wrist band I got from Amazon 2 for £5.

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Smudge59

Apixaban does

FlyingBrick profile image
FlyingBrick

Hi Trace. Speak to your Anticoagulation Clinic they should give you a pack that contains a card. You can also show this card to dentist's now as more and more of them are asking to see this card.

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Afibagain

I believe you can pick up a med. bracelet at most pharmacies, I would just call around

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Sunwalker

Apixaban has one in every packet. You could make your own warning about the particular drug you are taking.

hi tracey. This can be serious if not epicked up my healthcare workers. But we all know this. I was on Coumadin for a long time and have never had a paramedic even ask me about anticoagulants. I am 74 and a retired nurse so always mentiond the coumadin to anyone within earshot. I always worried about being in an accident and not being able to speak for myself. I had a card in my wallet but thought it could be too easily overlooked. So this was my solution. I ordered a rubber bracelet (actually several for backup) online that said in clear big letters "On anticoagulants" The rubber (or silicone ) bracelets are inexpensive and don't have to be removed like metal for various reasons as a patient. I would start by googling something like custom silicone bracelets for sources. You can choose your colors, print type etc. I got the idea from a similar bracelet sent to me by the ASPCA after joining. And the reason I ordered several anticoagulant ones is because once my ASPCA bracelet was accidently cut off my wrist whenl a nurse was removing my hospital Id tag before discharge. The bracelet will be seen by any emergency person who picks up your hand to start an IV. I would get a bright color. A wallet card is also a good idea but I could probably bleed to death before anyone could wade through my wallet looking for a card. (LOL but not really funny.) Which brings me to another thing I do. I have my emergency info printed on 4x6 index cards and inside a ziploc freezer bag which I believe will be discovered long before they get to my wallet. I have since gotten off the AC's and now have a bracelet that says "PACEMAKER". Hope this little novel is helpful.

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eleanor--1941

Amazon and ebay,also have Anticoagulant chrome bracelets,which I have worn for a few years now,and carry my card,which comes with every prescription.

Hope you find what you are looking for.

Keep well,Eleanor.x

Yes there was one in every single box of apixaban I've ever opened. However when I was on warfarin it only came direct with the initial "starter pack" and "yellow book"

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Sue5453

I get one every time in apixaban box but I also got myself an bracelet like nominations but it’s not real one but it has A med thing on it as well as saying Apixaban and Carrie a card in my purse

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Deeferdi

There was one in every box of my Apixaban.

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Jlaine

I have never received a ?card with my bottle of apixiban(elliquis). Just saying!!

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dedeottie

Thats odd jlaine. Are you in the UK? X

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