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@shaman1955

I hear you. I have Afib and the cardiologist asked me to take Eliquis, which I refuse to do. I have been on Naproxen 500 mg and Baclofen 10mg for muscle spasms for the last 5 years. It was my understanding that these two drugs should not be taken with Eliquis which is a blood thinner that interferes with blood clotting factor. I am suppose to get all my teeth taken out, but he wants to do cardioversion first (hence Eliquis), There have been many lawsuits because in this process the cardioversion could cause a stroke, as well as Naproxen with Eliquis can cause gastrointestinal bleeding and hemorrhaging. I am not in the mood for bleeding to death, and the antidote for Eliquis cost $ 49,000,00 for a infusion that takes two hours, added that I live 6 hours from the facility that has availability.

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Very scary!!

I guess the comments re the antidote for Eliquis (cost and need for facility proximity) must be the same for Xarelto and all the oral blood thinners.

I must check this out. If this is true (re unavailability of antidote) I certainly think that would outweigh the stroke avoidant advantages of the blood thinner.
15% of strokes after all are hemorrhagic , besides which with age, fall risk increases (and hence head injuries).

I certainly think any responsible cardiologist should take this cost/benefit into consideration when prescribing an AFIB patient with a blood thinner!