Atrial fibrillation: medicines to help reduce your risk of a stroke – what are the options?

This information is intended to help patients reach a decision about whether to take an anticoagulant to reduce their risk of stroke, and which one to take if they decide to do so. Their decision depends on several things that this decision aid will help explain. Different people will feel that some of these things are more important to them than others, so it’s important that the patient makes a decision that is right for them personally.