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muscle weakness from blood thinners like Eliquis
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@ruth36
It seems like health care has been replaced by sick care.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.
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@seawiz33 I took elquise for two years. I went down very low. , i couldn't walk up my stairs. So many side effects.
I told my doctor I didn’t want to take eliquest . He changed my meds . Two times. My doctor changed me to Multaq. I red the side effects. First words in capital letters said. May cause death. Called him. So he took me off Malta’s. I was so overdose with Metoprolol 175mg and Amiodarone. Now I take Metoprolol 25 mg for A Fib.
I now am back to my old self stairs and all. One exception, I have crushed glass spots on my lungs from taking Amiodarone. Hope this is helpful. I hoe I am the only one that has gone thru these side effects on Afib + heart problems.
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@seawiz33 Reasonable question. For those early in AF, you can afford to let it run if you aren't bothered by the symptoms....if any. Many have no idea they're in AF because they feel...nothing. They learn about their condition next doctor's visit.
AF is a progressive disorder, but it, by itself, won't kill you. If left unchecked for many months, it can result in atrial enlargement, possible hypertension issues, and eventually mitral valve problems and even 'heart failure' (a horribly misleading and gloomy term still used by the medical community). But the electrical disorder called atrial fibrillation won't kill you.
So, if you can stand to live with it, being essentially free of any symptoms and anxiety or inability to sleep well, then you have several months to decide what you'd like to do about it. What you DON'T have is a reduction in the nearly six time risk over the 'average' person in terms of a risk of stroke caused by a clot issuing from the Left Atrial Appendage (LAA). That is why you're taking Eliquis. If you're prepared to accept the risks, then stop taking it...although you should probably let your cardiologist argue with you. Or, try Xarelto (rivaroxaban) if you cardiologist will agree to prescribe it. Or a baby aspirin (81mg) once a day....again, letting your cardiologist have at least some say in your decision. He/she might make a strong case to avoid aspirin.