Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory for Clinical Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Maastricht University Medical Center, PO Box 616, Maastricht, MD, 6200, the Netherlands.
Thromb J. 2013 Jun 28;11(1):8. doi: 10.1186/1477-9560-11-8.
New oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have been introduced to improve anticoagulant therapy worldwide, but safe implementation may require additional measures. First, optimization of dose adjustment based on therapeutic levels of the drug may be more appropriate than fixed dose therapy. The development and implementation in quantitative laboratory assays will enable further dose optimization. Second, non-adherence to medication is a potential threat to the safe use of NOACs. Since cardiovascular medication may not be optimally used in about 50% of patients, procedures to improve adherence are imperative, also for NOAC therapy and in particular in elderly patients.
新型口服抗凝药物(NOACs)的问世改善了全球的抗凝治疗,但安全实施可能需要额外的措施。首先,基于药物治疗水平进行剂量调整的优化可能比固定剂量治疗更合适。在定量实验室检测中的发展和应用将进一步优化剂量。其次,不遵医嘱是 NOACs 安全使用的潜在威胁。由于心血管药物约有 50%的患者未得到最佳使用,因此提高依从性的措施是必要的,这同样适用于 NOAC 治疗,尤其是老年患者。