Prevention of Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation
"My  93 year old mother has had 2 respiratory problems in 3 months which required hospitalisation, firstly for 8 days because of a heart attack/atrial fibulation event and secondly for 3 days with more respiratory problems which were eventually diagnosed as  being due to a Urinary Tract infection.
During this second period she was put on APIXABAN 2.5 mg twice a day.
She was discharged before any was administered by the hospital; I was given it and we started the next morning. She was in good shape when she left the hospital but steadily started to decline to the point where she was badly confused, incapable of walking, her speech was almost unintelligible, and her appetite has disappeared totally.
She will not eat at all now"