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Hhhhmmmmm...I was now told there is antidote for eliquis... might have to check that out again. No matter how low your risk is they will recommend blood thinners. I have been of the understanding that blood thinners also can cause stomach/intestinal bleeding also. My father in law passed away from a gut bleed caused by warfrin. Before my ablation I went off warfrin to a baby aspirin a day...with test of time and stability of my heart I will probably return to aspirin for as long as my risk factor is low. No it's not recommend by my doctor. But it is a choice as a patient that I get to make after weighing risk and benefits to how it affects my life. Blood thinner raises the risk of riding on motorcycle...bad deal...raises risk of injury at my job and has altered my responsibilities...bad deal...want my job back. Having a stroke bad deal...risk I am willing to take while my stroke risk is low...to keep my life as I know it for as long as possible. It's complicated. And there is no guarantee. Taking a blood thinner long term is probably in my future...as these drug also can serious side effects i wish to prolong thier use as long as possible. It's a risk either way...life for us will never be the same again...we make our decisions based on what we feel will give us the best quality o
f life. I have learned that quality of life means different things to different people. Some people are more willing to take greater risk to maintain a certain quality of life for as long as possible. That is the beauty of educating yourself about your condition then you can make reasonable decisions about your own treatment based on risk, benefits and quality of life. I have found the input of people on this forum to be very helpful.😊
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Mary @mklapperich, when my anticoagulation went through the roof last summer, I looked for blood from my intestine and from my kidneys and bladder. Only a little blood showed up in my urine for a couple of days. By then, my anticoagulation factor from Warfarin was back in line and has stayed there every since. As long as I check my Warfarin level every month (and I don't find any leaks at home), I feel confident staying with Warfarin, as an old friend has done for the last 10 years.
My latest check on antidotes confirms that no antidote (reversal agent) has been approved yet for Eliquis (see https://www.drugs.com/pro/eliquis.html#s-43685-7 reviewed in July 2018). An antidote for Xarelto was FDA-approved in May 2018 and is expected to be on the market in 2019 (see https://www.drugwatch.com/xarelto/). Until then . . .
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My cardiologist wanted me to get a pacemaker as my heart rate is very low at night after I go to sleep (drops momentarily to as low as 38 and then rebounds). My boss at work told me I'd have to retire after that due to the EMFs in the area are high as the shop where I work is a repair and overhaul shop for aircraft rotating electrical aircraft parts.
Finally after 3+ years my doc is ok with NOT trying to goad me into a pacemaker, as to quote him during a recent visit "you're probably the healthiest patient I'll see today." I recently got asked to a luncheon (really a fund raiser for funding Fellows at the cardiology department) and when asked the realistic picture of how this would help me with my particular situation when I can manage 15,000 steps in a day, the woman on the other end of the phone audibly gasped. She then responded with perhaps this would not be a good luncheon for you to attend.
My advise to all of us heart patients is to keep moving even if all you can to do today is 200 steps, try to get 225 tomorrow. Movement is the best thing for human bodies, sitting for long periods does the human body no good.
Aspirin and blood donations is, for me, the best regimen to follow for keeping my blood thinned out. Also, do not forget to drink adequate fluids, not just water, daily as getting dehydrated can damage your heart.