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Eliquis + Chest Pain

Posted by hayat @hayat, Dec 7, 2020

Hi, since April 2020 doctors discovered that I have a-fib, I was given Elquis 10mg a day, since that, I got chest pain and I can not walk. Also I am asthmatic.
Did anyone got the same symptoms?

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hayat | @hayat | Dec 9, 2020
In reply to @barbb "@zoeleela I also got steroid myopathy. (I don't know why that happened, do you? I wondered..." + (show)
@barbb

@zoeleela I also got steroid myopathy. (I don't know why that happened, do you? I wondered if the doctors involved weren't monitoring me properly!

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I have no idea, I am lost!

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hayat | @hayat | Dec 9, 2020
In reply to @mayofeb2020 "@hayat. Since you cannot get to a doctor, can you talk to a pharmacist and ask..." + (show)
@mayofeb2020

@hayat. Since you cannot get to a doctor, can you talk to a pharmacist and ask if there are any possible drug interactions with Eliquis and the meds you are taking for your asthma. Eliquis should have a toll free customer service phone number, you can ask them if your pain and inability to walk can be a side effect. Can you go to the Emergency Room of a hospital without an appointment?

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Hi, thank you for feelings..I can go to the Eme. sure they have no idea about Elquis.

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Funcountess | @funcountess | Dec 9, 2020
In reply to @hayat "Hi, yes I am on steroids since 2012 after severe asthma. The medicine is Inuxair, sometimes..." + (show)
@hayat

Hi, yes I am on steroids since 2012 after severe asthma. The medicine is Inuxair, sometimes I take singulair one pill a day depending on the situation. As you know the weather is so bad in Norway, cold and high humidity.

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Hi Hayat,
Yes, cold weather is bad for asthma, and lung conditions. The high humidity is good for your skin, as it keeps the moisture in your skin. Here in sunny California (America) our weather is very dry with very low humidity.
I think it’s time for all of us to go to Hawaii for the winter. Anybody interested?
Funcountess

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rosemargaret | @rosemargaret | May 8 1:48pm
In reply to @zoeleela "Have you been taking steroids? I was on for 4 years and suddenly developed steroid myopathy,..." + (show)
@zoeleela

Have you been taking steroids? I was on for 4 years and suddenly developed steroid myopathy, which meant I could barely walk, get out of a chair, etc. Getting better now that off steroids, but neurologist said would take months to get back to normal. Feel for you.

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I was diagnosed with PMR 6+ years ago. Have been on prednisone all that time without a break. Late last year I started feeling weakness in upper legs as if I were going to fall walking. Could not get around without shopping cart at stores or cane where there was no support for me. I was recently told that I have steroid myopathy and I am now at a point where I have trouble walking around the house. I'm starting physical therapy tomorrow and want to get off these steroids for good. Apparently this myopathy was caused by the steroids prescribed for the PMR. Anyone else with the same descriptions? I have also lost the strength I always had in my upper arms.

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rosemargaret | @rosemargaret | May 8 1:54pm
In reply to @zoeleela "It came on so suddenly and I was on a very low dose then. I had..." + (show)
@zoeleela

It came on so suddenly and I was on a very low dose then. I had tests every few months, sed rate etc. I assumed it was just a build up after 4 years triggered by cortisone shot in knee—turns out steroids from that get into the system, though that doc didn’t inquire about past steroid use and I think he should have. Is yours gone now? I have a little ways to go, but only off steroids for 5 weeks. Was told will take time. Listed as side effect of steroids. Grateful wasn’t something worse.

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I also had cortisone shots in the knees. However was prescribed prednisone for PMR before the steroid myopathy appeared.

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