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muscle weakness from blood thinners like Eliquis
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I had a heart attack last December and when I Was in the hospital I was given Eliquis 2.5 mg twice a day and when I was discharged, I was told to continue taking it but in February I started having issues with my legs. They started feeling very stiff When I get up and when I was walking around. At first, I thought it was because I had overdone it on that day, but the feeling never went away. I tried to tell a doctor because I thought it was a side effect from one of the medications I was on, but she tried to tell me That none of the medication’s would cause that side effect… Half the time I don’t think the doctors realize the effects of medication they prescribe and sometimes I wonder if they actually get a kick back from the company for pushing their product…
Anyway, my legs have not gotten any better if anything they’ve gotten worse, my knees are stiff. They hurt when I walk, especially when I’m going up and down stairs. I now need a cane when I go to the store or walking around my yard.. I mentioned it again to my cardiologist and she says it is probably arthritis, I don’t know maybe it could be and maybe not but I was told I should
continue on the Eliquis until at least this coming December. I honestly felt better when I first came home from the hospital and seem to have a little more energy than I have now. Everybody knows their body and what is normal and abnormal for how they feel but sometimes you just can’t tell the doctors, They don’t seem to want to listen.
Before the heart attack during the winter months, I would sometimes have stiffness in my hands, trying to make a fist, but I noticed as soon as the warm weather came, it went away, and my hand was fine, but my legs are not getting any better and I think it really makes me tired. It’s exhausting when I come home just from going grocery shopping And it’s because of my legs hurting me
walking and sometimes I’ve noticed one of my legs will actually give out a little.
I no, I’m getting older, but I’ve noticed also that I feel very weak. I have a hard time For example, tearing open a bag of chips or tearing up paper in my balance is off, I guess because of the way my legs are hurting me. Right after the heart attack, the doctor told me it could take maybe up to six months before I would start feeling back to myself. Well that’s far from true, I know the heart attack didn’t help but as I said earlier, I had more energy and strength when I first came home from the hospital, then I do now.
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@ruth36 I could have written the exact same words down weak keg to opening a bag of chips!
I had blood clots and everything I’ve read said I might not get back the same strength and physical ability. I’ve read others peoples events and more than half were young people having about the same problem. One was an Olympic athlete who was not able to continue competing. Seems like we all have the effects of the “event” and as I was told it could take 2 years to improve but if I let it take over, I’m going to lose that motivation to keep physically active. I also have grilled my doctors regularly about this weakness. My oncologist mentioned that side effects listed on drugs are those experienced while in trials. Unless people have severe reactions reported to the drug company those original side effects remain the same. Anyway …
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It seems like health care has been replaced by sick care.
I am taking Eliquis 5MG to treat afib, and my ability to move decreased 60 percent. My care team has deaf ears to my issues. I wonder if the outcome from afib without this med outweighs
the misery of taking a medication that make each day dark.
@ruth36 Sadly, I know exactly what you are feeling! To start my afib treatment was to take coumadin bc Eliquest was $550 per month and I liked the thought of having my blood checked while on a blood thinner. Eventually, I found generic Eliquest out of Canada for $79 per month, so I started it. Fairly soon after starting it , I began having a lot more joint pain and brief vision disturbances. I told my Doctor's nurse about my painful joints. She completely dismissed my complaint by saying that side effect ISNT ON MY LIST! It angered me so I said I dont care what your list shows. At that point, I'd only taken Eliquest for one month. Then I had the ablation and it worked but 2 days after my surgery, I got extremely sick with vomiting and diarrhea. It lasted 2 days and I thought it was covid. However, a few days later, it was a repeat of vomiting and diarrhea. I started getting suspicious of the Eliquest bc I was progressively weaker, nausea, constipation, fever up to 103, shaking and a lot of pain on the right side of my body (neck, shoulder, hip & knee). Sleeping on my right side is a favorite sleeping position but that was too painful so I slept on my back. I'd feel better for a couple days but then spin right back into vomiting and joint pain. It got so bad that I didn't want to eat and when I did eat it continued to make me nauseous. I lost 13 lbs in a month! I tried to contact my EP but was told to contact my primary care doctor or go to the ER. So after 2 Urgent care visits and 2 ER visits, it was found that my heart, kidney and liver enzymes were off the charts! I was transported by ambulance from the Urgent care center to the Hospital. The hospital ran all sorts of tests and nearly all were in the abnormal ranges, so no diagnosis could be made. The hospital wanted me to stay for a third day but I told them I was quitting Eliquest and going home! Its only been 2 weeks since then but I am getting back my health. The vomiting, diarrhea and fevers stopped. It is taking time for the nausea to stop but I am getting my appetite back just now. The way and speed that I was going downhill with Eliquest, I think I would have died. Now my blood tests are slowly getting back close to normal ranges and I am able to ride my horses again. I think the Eliquest side effects were ignored. How sad is that? What would have happened to me if I had dutifully stayed on that poison? Yikes!
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@ruth36 Go to Drugs.com and type in Eliquis….you will see potential side effects listed.