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Adults Parenteral anticoagulant
PO For patients currently receiving a parenteral anticoagulant, start dabigatran 0 to 2 h before the time that the next dose of the parenteral drug was to have been administered or at the time of discontinuation of a continuously administered parenteral drug. For patients taking dabigatran, wait 12 h (CrCl 30 mL/min or more) or 24 h (CrCl less than 30 mL/min) after the last dose of dabigatran before initiating treatment with a parenteral anticoagulant.