Hi! This is CeCe 55 with a response. I was put on Eliquis after two AFIB events in 2017. I wear a Loop Recorder so that my cardiologist can monitor my irregular heart beat that I have had since birth. I went approximately one year without an event so thankfully he took me off of Eliquis and put me on one baby aspirin along with metoprolol 12.5 x 3 per day. I seem to react to medicines with more intensity than most and anything stronger that 12.5 metoprolol really brings my heart rate and blood pressure down very low. When I was on Eliquis, the only side effect that I had was terrible body aches. I told my cardiologist this and I have even been on Mayo Connect about this. No one else had experienced this. My pharmacist looked it up and sure enough it is a rare side effect. At the end of last year I had dental surgery and they had to stop Eliquis for a week. Within two days my body aches stopped. In January I was taken off it. I pray I never have to go back on again but it did it's job. Elegantgem...you are the first person who has also had the body aches. I feel your pain. Bless You.

Thanks for your help and forwarding my e-mail for response. I really appreciate it because I don't know what I want to do.. I have been on Eliqus for only 3 months. My doctor told me he does not prescribe Warfarin any longer as it has been his experience it causes too many problems for his patients. He has told me if I don't want to stay on Eliquis it is my decision. I think if I decide not to stay on it he will have me take aspirin.

Do not stop taking your blood thinner if you have A-fib. My mother was told to stop hers and had a stroke around 2 weeks later. She is now back on Eliquis. The Neurologist that saw my Mom said the doctor should have never taken her off her blood thinner.

Has anyone researched or been taking Nattokinase to breakup blood clots? I have a friend who was put on Eliquis after a TIA which included AFIB and after being on it for 6 months developed a blood clot in her leg and the cardiologist told her to take asprin. So was Eliquis not doing its job? Another friend of a friend had a mild stroke while on Eliquis but was told because she had been on Eliquis it made the stroke less severe. I have paroxysmal AFIB, am 77, have good cholesterol counts and no blood issues but have been prescribed Eliquis (5mg) twice a day. The actual AFIB is not being treated, only a remedy for a potential side effect of blood clotting in the heart is being offered. I am just trying to sort out the cause and treatment options.