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Old 03-24-2011, 04:27 PM
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Default We recently asked our cardiologist about Pradaxa.

He said it was not yet approved by Medicare and was much more expensive. So we will wait until it is covered...if it is ever covered. I would think in the long run it would be as it eliminates the monthly cost of INR testing.

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