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Rare serious side effect of Eliquis: Muscle weakness
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(1) "Had" an adverse reaction; legs recovered quickly after going off Eliquis.
(2) Cardiologist had kept me on Eliquis despite Medtronic loop recorder showing that only a small fraction of 1% of the time was I fleetingly in Afib throughout its battery life. Still kept me on it despite my every three months office checkups with EKG, and annual stress test never detecting Afib.
(3) Sent him the Bristol-Meyers Squibb link to the rare but severe side effects of Eliquis; was news to him! https://www.eliquis.bmscustomerconnect.com/afib/faq ( Look about 60% of the way down the pages.)
He now asks each of his patients "Do you have any physical problems?", looking for issues similar to mine.
(4) He is in the process of getting Humana's OK to replace my "dead" loop recorder with a fresh one and has me on 81mg Aspirin
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Thank you for posting this! I just recently told my pcp and my ep cardiologist that my leg muscles were getting weaker and I was having difficulty walking with a cane. I thought it was related to my CFS. I had been in PT for 2 months as a result of year long muscle decline from taking hydralazine, a bp medication following my ablation, which caused peripheral neuropathy up to my knees. No one listened during that year until I searched NIH for documentation. My new cardiologist was well aware of the complications of hydralazine, and changed my medications. He also put me on eliquis because of continued arrhythmia issues. For whatever crazy reason, it never occurred to me that eliquis, which I started late May, could be causing muscle weakness! I now have info to discuss with him. Thank you!