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.Can Eliquis make neck arthritis pain sexere?

Posted by rodanne @rodanne, Oct 30 10:12pm

I have been taking Eliquis 2.5 mg, 2 x day, and have developed severe neck pain, diagnosed with neck arthritis. It was sudden one day in February 2025, but gets worse every day. Doctors say Eliquis will not aggravate or cause this. I have no other arthritis. I’ve tried chiropractor care, physical therapy, gabapentin, cymbalta, lidocaine patches, and Voltaren cream and I am now on 3900 mg Tylenol Arthritus daily for pain - sometimes it helps, but most days my pain is at 10. Two weeks ago I had injections for steroid & lidocaine. It helped for two days & pain returned. Any advice?

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rodanne | @rodanne | 3 days ago
In reply to @gabriig "Elquis, same dose for six weeks, during which time I had random, joint/muscle pain and for..." + (show)
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Elquis, same dose for six weeks, during which time I had random, joint/muscle pain and for me, I think Eliquis was the cause. but then it was the cause that my remaining blot clots disappeared. My guess is that some people are affected and others not. I am not elderly, I'm ancient and it is thought that perhaps because I'm hyper flexible it affected me more. Now off the medication for a month I am still having some problems with muscle pain, but little by little it's getting better. Still have a bit of nausea. I think it helps to know possible side effects and this is a great site to exchange information. Best and best of luck. Before this, I had an extremely high pain threshold and couldn't figure out the meaning of the 1-10 scale. But now I do. 10

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@gabriig I am the same way with pain level / never had pain until February 2025 & it just gets worse every day. Just don’t know what to do!

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gabriig | @gabriig | 3 days ago
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@gabriig I am the same way with pain level / never had pain until February 2025 & it just gets worse every day. Just don’t know what to do!

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@rodanne Are you still on Eliquis. I have been off for a month now and the pain is worse. Today I had such a sudden pain and cramp in the back of my thigh that I was shaking so hard I it made me stutter.

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rodanne | @rodanne | 1 day ago
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@rodanne Are you still on Eliquis. I have been off for a month now and the pain is worse. Today I had such a sudden pain and cramp in the back of my thigh that I was shaking so hard I it made me stutter.

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@gabriig I stopped Eliquis on Monday. It has not helped my pain yet, but I’m going to give it a week or so.

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gabriig | @gabriig | 1 day ago
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@gabriig I stopped Eliquis on Monday. It has not helped my pain yet, but I’m going to give it a week or so.

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I will be very interested to hear how it goes. I'm now about six weeks
off. I'm sleeping better, fewer dizzy spells, everything else is random.
Better one day and not so the next. I walked a little over a mile the
other day and the next woke up with an amazingly bad muscle spasm in the
back of my thigh and the next day pain the tength of my leg. My guess is
just muscles that hadn't been used as much. All a journey in figuring it
out and seeing what helps. This site has helped tremendously to find that
others have had some of the same reactions. Sending you hugs that don't
hurt.

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