Given that most of the NOACs have been around a while now and are not really new or novel, we have made the executive decision to change their nomenclature to DOACs (Direct acting oral anti-coagulants) throughout the manual. The good news for NOAC nomenclature lovers is that you can still find DOACs by entering NOAC in the search feature or index. Hope nobody is POWANC (Pissed Off With Another Name Change).