I’m a 79 year old female…had a heart attack in December 2024, 2 arteries were blocked ( one 99%, the other was 100% blocked) had 2 stents put in. When I was discharged from my hospital nine days later this is a list of meds that I was put on:
Plavix 75 mg
Eliquis 5 mg twice a day..a.m. and p.m.
Lasix 20 mg ( once a day)
Metoprolol 12.5 mg
Spironolactone 12.5 mg in morning
Crestor 20 mg at night
I was able to stop the spironolactone in June 2025
I was able to stop plavix January 2026
In June 2025 my cardiologist told me I should stay on the Eliquis at least for another six months which would be December 2025. However, now I was told I should stay on it, but she did not tell me for how much longer as everybody knows it’s very expensive and I believe that is giving me side effects of my legs being very stiff and and causing me to have issues of standing up for very long or walking, but when I asked her about it two months after starting it, I was told it wouldn’t give side effects like that. The beginning of January (2026) I called the office and asked them what the other alternative would be instead of Eliquis and I was told the only alternative would be to start taking warfarin ( Coumadin), which blood tests would have to be taken frequently to make sure it was working… I find it hard to Believe these are the only two blood thinners available.
Whenever I go to my cardiologist for a follow up, I always tell her that I do not feel much stronger now and that I felt stronger when I first came home from the hospital, but she just pushes it aside and tells me it’s normal… I keep active because I have several pets that I have to take care of and my husband is 92 and he had a stroke four years ago and he had a pacemaker put in the beginning of December 2025. He has his own issues so he can’t really do very much. His balance is way off and he’s anemic, but that is a completely different topic so I won’t go into details about that and his primary doctor.