Written answers

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Department of Health

Medicinal Products

8:00 pm

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 812: To ask the Minister for Health if and when Pradaxa will be available on the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35163/12]

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Pradaxa is available under the GMS Scheme, the Drug Payment Scheme and other community drugs schemes for the prevention of blood clots in adult patients who have undergone elective hip replacement surgery or elective knee replacement surgery. Pradaxa has also been approved for the extended indication of Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation as a second line therapy in circumstances where warfarin may not be appropriate.

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