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I also want to get off Eliquis. Doctor told me “you will have a stroke”. My risk factors are, I’m a women and over 65. I don’t have any health issue. I had two episodes of Afib one year ago. Which was recorded on my Apple Watch. I’m not sure if I should be on medication. But I too haven’t found anything on someone like me.
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Well…I am being told that Watchman will fix it so I can stop eliquis. Yeah! Doing that next month.
But…back when I was about 65 I had an episode of Afib. I went to the doc who saw nothing. Patted me on the head and sent me home. I cannot even remember how many docs did that during these last 8 years. Afib was always “rare” for me. Months apart, week, no pattern. But until just 3 weeks ago..no doctor had ever witnessed…no heart monitor ever caught it.
So..it begs the question….why didn’t I throw a blood clog in all these years of untreated Afib? Maybe because it wasn’t common…or maybe because I have no other risk factors? Luck?
The concept of pill in a pocket is ….you first get up to clinical levels…then only take it when an episode happens. So, daily I am still taking eliquis. A low level (25mg) metoprolol and flecainide (pip). I am doing far better on this. But…just because I haven’t had an episode doesn’t mean it is working….I can go really long periods between events.