MÉRIDA, Yuc.- This Friday the Cofepris warned regarding the falsification of the drug Xarelto (rivaroxaban), when detecting three counterfeit batches that put at risk the patients who receive them throughout the country, including Yucatan.
The Federal Commission for the Protection once morest Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) reported that inconsistencies were identified in three false batches of said anticoagulant produced by Bayer de México.
Any user or business in Yucatan who has this medicine in their hands should check if it does not belong to the batches BXJG6V2 and BXJG6V3which are considered fake and adulterated if they contain 14 tablets, since it is half of those that the original medicine has.
The packages also present anomalies in colors and fonts.
In the case of batch 765289the packaging indicates that it has 100 capsules, however, the original medicine does not have a presentation with that amount.
Cofepris invited the people who administer or consume it to review the identification numbers indicated above to rule out any health risk.
In addition, it recommended suspending its consumption immediately, in case of having counterfeit products since, by not knowing the origin of its components and the manufacturing conditions, they represent a health risk.
What is Xarelto used for?
Xarelto is Bayer Mexico’s brand for the medicine rivaroxaban, which is indicated to treat deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
Rivaroxaban is also used to prevent serious strokes or blood clots in people who have atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the heart beats irregularly, making clots more likely to form in the body and possibly causing a stroke. .
It is also used to treat blood clots in the veins of the legs (deep vein thrombosis) and in the blood vessels of the lungs (pulmonary embolism), and to prevent these blood clots from coming back in the blood vessels of legs and/or lungs.
Xarelto belongs to a group of medicines called antithrombotic agents. It works by blocking a coagulation factor (factor Xa) and therefore reducing the tendency of the blood to form a clot.
With information from Cofepris
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