{"id":3860,"date":"2025-03-27T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/?page_id=3860"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:36:47","slug":"nhse-doac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/value\/pqs\/25-26\/nhse-doac\/","title":{"rendered":"NHSE DOAC 1st line choices"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHSE AF DOAC 1st line choices<\/p><\/h2><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>What are you asking me to do?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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When initiating a DOAC for a new case of atrial fibrillation, prescribe generic apixaban or generic rivaroxaban.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Why are you asking me to do this?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
\n

As per the NHSE Commissioning recommendations for national procurement for direct-acting oral anticoagulant(s) (DOACs) generic apixaban or generic rivaroxaban offers best value treatment for atrial fibrillation.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>How do I do it?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
\n

Run the SystmOne search provided to identify any patients newly initiated on DOAC therapy for atrial fibrillation and ensure that generic apixaban or rivaroxaban has been issued.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>What resources\/support is provided to help me deliver this?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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SystmOne searches: Dorset SystmOne GPs\/PQS Finance 2526\/F5 Apixaban\/Rivaroxaban in new AF.<\/p>\n

NHSE Commissioning recommendations for national procurement for direct-acting oral anticoagulant(s) (DOACs)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3699,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3860","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4052,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3860\/revisions\/4052"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/medicines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}