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Rare serious side effect of Eliquis: Muscle weakness
In late July 2017 I was admitted for very high heart rate and Afib. Had been, and still am, on minimal meds. Hospitalist put me on Eliquis, 5mg 2X/day.
Within a month my leg muscles were weakening to the point where I could no longer play Pickleball or walk golf. Within a few weeks my Cardiologist did an ablation and inserted a loop recorder. For the next 2-1/2 years the loop recorder saw MINIMAL Afib, under 0.5%; the ablation did its job.
By November 2017 I needed a walker. By December 2017 I needed to be wheelchair pushed through an Ice Sculpture display as there was no way I could walk the 25-30 minutes of the exhibit.
When I finally got to see a Neurologist at Shands (Univ of FL, Gainesville) in July 2018, he ran an extensive battery of blood work tests but could find nothing to explain the muscle weakness.
Has anyone else encountered similar muscle effects following being prescribed Eliquis?
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Can I ask if you have pain or weakness? I hip pain, upper thigh pain, and pain that radiates back into my upper legs. It’s a 8 on the pain scale. Thank you!
Your response sounds like those who had immediate problems after the vax and died or almost died.
EXACTLY why I use natural solutions. I could write a book.
The docs will not tell you bad side effects. YOU need to investigate, i.e. google the side effects of any drug they prescribe before you bother to fill the prescription or swallow it. MOST or ALL drugs have side effects.
When my husband and I stated Atorvastatin , we had weakened legs with a variety of pains. We started taking COQ10 and leg pains stopped. My husband has been on Eliquis for about a year with no leg pains (yet?) May be the COQ10?
I have been on Eliquis since the pandemic in 2001. The past year has been a nightmare for me because my legs have been weak and numb. I have arthritis in my back and was being treated with steroid injections in my back. I was diagnosed with lumbar spinal stenosis and the spine doctor told me that was causing the numbness and weakness in my legs. The spine doctor had a nerve test run and the doctor who did the nerve test told me to make and appointment to see the spine ASAP. The spine doctor then told me everything was normal and the numbness was from the spine. Now I read this for the first time. It's amazing that with all the doctors I have seen and complained too who know I take Eliquis never once suggested this could be the cause of my leg numbness and muscle weakness.