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Muscle Weakness and Eliquis - How to diagnose/test for cause?

Posted by devotion @devotion, Jan 13 4:22pm

I've always had somewhat loose ligaments but it is getting much worse since taking Eliquis, which I started about 1.5 years ago. I am now 75 years old. I take a low dose but my body is very sensitive to all medications. I am hesitant to get a Watchman, and am wondering if there is some diagnostic procedure to determine if Eliquis is causing the problems of muscle weakness?

I appreciate that many people have posted about this concern of muscle weakness in relation to taking Eliquis - WHAT DO THE DOCTORS SAY???? Mine tend to know very little about this.

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gabriig | @gabriig | Feb 15 6:00pm
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Sorry to hear of your reaction but so glad I read this. I have been taking Eliquis for 4 months and it’s causing real fatigue but I’ve also had sudden joint pain all over for 2 months especially in the morning. Hands and feet are so painful. It improves with movement. Elbows, knees, ankles to a lesser extent. I was wondering if it was related to taking Eliquis because nothing else has changed in my life. Funny, they still have trouble getting blood out of me at the lab. No change in bleeding if I get a cut. Hope it all clears up for you.

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@californiazebra

Six months after off Elquis, I'm still working my way to "better". I still have wooden foot syndrome (as one person put it) It goes away after a bit of walking. As long as I'm moving, joints don't hurt, but sitting as long as dinner means moving a bit to get my hip muscles working and ease the pain. If there are this many people in different titles of Eliquis usage on Mayo, how many are not. My guess is that nobody simply makes up the side effects and reading how others have coped helps. Eliquis is great for removing blood clots and most likely most people do not have a problem. My guess is that it for me it would have been better on a smaller dose, Trust yourself. All of us with the same frustrating problems send you caring thoughts!

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wagonroad | @wagonroad | Feb 15 10:11pm
In reply to @gloaming "@wagonroad I don't see a claim to an initial purpose to 'weaken the prostate muscle' for..." + (show)
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@wagonroad I don't see a claim to an initial purpose to 'weaken the prostate muscle' for apixaban, which is what Eliquis is. Would you happen to have a source handy?
https://www.drugs.com/mtm/apixaban.html
https://snuggymom.com/does-eliquis-affect-urination/

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@gloaming You are correct sir. I was thinking of flowmax.

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gloaming | @gloaming | Feb 16 1:17pm
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@gloaming You are correct sir. I was thinking of flowmax.

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@wagonroad Whew! I was wondering if I'd missed something as a patient who has been on apixaban for about eight years now. 😀 My late dad was a user of flomax.

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devotion | @devotion | Feb 16 3:17pm
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@devotion

My first cardiologist, who was Indian, said that I could take Curcumin when I asked her.
She knew that I was taking Eliquis.
Curcumin has so many positive benefits.

I only have avoided ginger.

I seem to be fine.

We use garlic in cooking. I did not connect the garlic and blood thinning.

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@timely Which cur cumin product do you take? and dosage? Tx

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