New studies may point to more data calling Johnson & Johnson’s blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto’s safety into question – most notably the possibility of an increase in stomach bleeds and eye hemorrhaging.
In the first study, Drs. Judy H. Hun and John C. Hwang reported that patients in their practice in their 70’s and 80’s who transitioned from warfarin to Xarelto (rivaroxiban) suffered a “vitreous hemorrhage” – a bleed that occurs in space between the lens and retina of the eye – which they say were confirmed with tests.
The patients previously took warfarin and as soon as they began weaning off of it and taking Xarelto, the bleeds occurred.
