How safe is xarelto? i keep seeing lawsuit commercials and im starting to question its safety. my dr said bleeding risks r like 1% and not to worry?

Blood "thinners": The very reason they are useful is also their major side effect. They promote dissolution or prevent the formation of clots. Nobody should be surprised, therefore, that they also increase the risk of bleeding. Don't mistake the ramblings of an ambulance chaser commercial for medical advice , which entails the weighting of risks and benefits before we offer a recommendation.

Better than Warfarin: Xarelto inhibits clot formation. Rxed because of evidence/concern of forming clots inside blood vessels, not just at blood vessel breaks, thus bleeding is ↑ed because slows clotting at all locations. It does NOT thin blood; blood viscosity does not change & does not dissolve exiting clots. The TEG machine, see: http://goo.gl/XxOW9c, is the most effective device for checking clotting/response.