prevention of thromboembolism in atrial fibrillation
"44yo male prescribed after a second incident of paroxysmal AFib, was on low dose aspirin prior.  I've had no side effects after 6 months on it other than easier bruising.  It has the same bleeding risk of aspirin but is much more effective for clot control with AFib.  Hopefully can get off it soon since I just had an ablation, but at least it's convenient to use vs the kinds that need all the monitoring and diet issues.  Can't rate it 10 just because of the obvious bleeding risk issues.  I'm lucky enough my insurance covered it for a $20 copay and recently that has dropped to $0 so I guess it's becoming more mainstream vs. the other meds."