Pradaxa Holds No Extra Bleeding Risk, FDA Says

This is definitely for your doctor to discuss, I know there have been bleeding deaths reported and the main concern was a lack of reversal agent. Your doctor should be fluent in all this stuff, so demand an answer.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/VenousThrombosis/35701

They must have changed their mind from June of this year.

Report: Pradaxa tops FDA’s list for serious adverse events

Reports from both the manufacturer and direct reports pointed to 3,781 serious adverse events associated with dabigatran in the U.S. in 2011

But I'm not a medical person so I don't have any valid opinions. Ignore that person behind the curtain.

And a doctor blogging about the benefits here:

 

Pradaxa is not a bad drug