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Is eliquis 5mg enough to break up a suspected blood clot in my right m

Posted by georgina7 @georgina7, 2 days ago

Is liquid 5 mg enough to break up a suspected blood clot when symptoms are heat over area pain and swelling

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gloaming | @gloaming | 2 days ago

Eliquis is an anti-coagulant, but not a 'clot buster' per se. IOW, it will delay the formation of a clot, but not entirely prevent clotting. Once you have a clot, you look for d-dimer in the blood as an indication that the clot is being dissolved naturally by the body. Other drugs can be prescribed to actually hasten or help to dissolve a clot:
https://www.drugs.com/drug-class/thrombolytics.html

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joaf37 | @joaf37 | 2 hours ago
In reply to @gloaming "Eliquis is an anti-coagulant, but not a 'clot buster' per se. IOW, it will delay the..." + (show)
@gloaming

Eliquis is an anti-coagulant, but not a 'clot buster' per se. IOW, it will delay the formation of a clot, but not entirely prevent clotting. Once you have a clot, you look for d-dimer in the blood as an indication that the clot is being dissolved naturally by the body. Other drugs can be prescribed to actually hasten or help to dissolve a clot:
https://www.drugs.com/drug-class/thrombolytics.html

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When I saw the prior comment inspiring yours here, I would have responded (not as well as you did) per how Eliquis works. Also gives rise to comments from a former Mayo Connect participant comments about finding a credible pharmacist for Rx.

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