Rivaroxaban is a type of drug known as an anticoagulant, or as commonly known as blood thinner. It belongs to a class of drugs called anticoagulants, specifically the factor Xa inhibitors (blockers). Xarelto, which is the brand name of the drug Rivaroxaban, is commonly used for a number of conditions such as: preventing stroke who suffer from nonvalvular atrial fibrillation preventing and treating blood clots in the blood vessels (blood clots are formed in certain veins of the legs and is called deep vein thromboses (DVT) . These clots can travel up to the lungs, resulting pulmonary embolisms) preventing PE and DVT after hip or knee replacement surgery reducing the risk of main cardiac problems such as heart attack or stroke in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) or chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) However, there have been some serious studies about xarelto side effects . Rivaroxaban helps prevent blood clots by blocking a called factor Xa. Once ...