There are two different doses of Eliquis that I am aware of-2.5 mg and 5 mg. The doctor had me on the 5 but changed it to the 2.5. I weigh 138 and am 5' 1" tall. I don't seem to have any trouble with the Eliquis.

To answer this question. I do not take any stimulating substances at any time during the day anymore. No coffee, no green tea, no alcohol. I even cut way back on the sugar and carbs. There was no explanation for the pounding heart the evening of 3/8. I had not even had a glass of wine. I'd been quilting all day and listening to music. I had eaten dinner while watching the news, probably had a glass of cranberry juice to go with, and all was fine. I didn't even have any upsetting phone calls. Then I went to bed and couldn't sleep. My heart was beating so hard I thought it would stop from exhaustion so I called the police dept who called RMSA who took me to the ER. That night my heart beat hard, fast, and erratically for about two hours, maybe a little longer. They gave me a drug in my IV in the ER to get it back into rhythm, gave me two baby aspirin, kept me for another hour, and sent me home. A couple nights later the same thing happened all over again, but this time by the time the ER tech got me hooked up to the EKG, the racing pounding heart had calmed down. I've had that racing, pounding heart happen maybe five times since then--always at night when I'm in bed. The other night I woke up at 12:30 am with it and it lasted the rest of the night. I did not go to the ER though. But, last night nothing. My heart beat regularly and calmly all night long. There is no rhyme or reason to it. This morning my BP was 103/63 and my pulse was 75. Crazy stuff. Like I have no control over this.