To stay on Eliquis or not

Agree with you

If Coumadin is Warfarin, that's the 1st medication I was prescribed ... 2 months after my G.P. diagnosed A-Fib & prescribed Warfarin my Daughter & 2 other friends said to me, "What Did your Dr. Put You ON? You Aren't Yourself ... you've become Very Negative, you don't even Look like yourself, very 'drawn & grumpy'." (Didn't want to admit to myself, I was sleeping a restless 4-5 hr.s per night, had shooting pains in my arms & legs, & felt like I was living in Slo-Motion". Finally 4 months after being put on Coumadin my Cardiologist called the G.P. who'd prescribed it & asked him if he was aware of what it was doing to me, She Felt I should be taken OFF it, it appeared to be doing more damage than good.
Short end of the story, I left that G.P. The cardiologist tried Eliquis & 4 other blood thinners ... All caused side effects that the Pharmaceutical-Patient instruction sheets instructed "See Your Dr. As Soon As Possible if you are having any of these Side Effects". Finally the cardiologist resigned herself that the Only Thing I was going to be able to tolerate was Low Dose Aspirin.
She ordered a battery of 12 or 14 tests, came back & said the tests indicated I have a .03-.06% chance of having a stroke. If A-Fib isn't bothering me, If 98% of the time I don't even know I have A-Fib, "You're One Of The Lucky Ones!"

The Food & Drug Companies are #1 in the business of making $$$ ... & they invent & Create products that they hope will keep the Billion$ of $$$ Rolling In. Of Course, their Sales People will tell Food Vendors & Doctors ALL the benefits (they HOPE) will Solve problems their clients are dealing with every day. Even-tho they've done trials & Tests, they're Not going to go in & spend time telling their customers about The Exceptions (Potential down-side). So We, the Buying Public & Patients have to be Alert to the potential risks that possibly MAY come from using their products.
If Your Sterling Medical Team has hit the "Bulls-eye" every time they've prescribe or recommend something, You're One Of The Lucky Ones!
I probably don't need - reminding you - We're Each & Every One Like Snowflakes, (No 2 of us are Alike - what works for 1 isn't necessarily going to work for another.)
Congratulations To You.

Martin,

I have no idea how old these comments are but, assuming they are rather recent, I will say that judging @lindy9 for her comments are something I disagree with. A person who never questions their healthcare is being very foolish. One does not have to agree simply not to possibly insult their cardiologist - if a discussion is not possible about alternative methods you have the wrong doctor. As I quote an earlier commenter - "Take responsibility for your health". It's the best advice you will ever receive.

The date people write is at top of their post. I have no idea which of my posts you are commenting on, but I have no problem with you disagreeing. Life is made up of daily choices. I will be 77 in 2 months and am healthier than the people I know that run to their doctor and take the meds they advise and take tests every time they burp. I personally know 34 people who died and almost every single one was younger than me. They ran to the doctor and took advice but ate trash diets, did not exercise or even walk. Many went the chemo and radiation route and suffered more than they would have without it. I will continue doing what I am doing.

Lindy9
You sound like "My Kinda Gal"! I'm 'chugging along' at 87, & figured out Decades Ago that Good health begins well before reaching the Senior Years. As a young woman it didn't take a Medical Degree to figure out that the people my parents knew who were overweight & didn't stay active were the people who were 1st to make 'organ recitals' their favorite topic of conversation ... going to Doctors seemed to be their favorite form of Exercise!
As you can see, I was born before WWII ... back then obese people were 'The Exception", not the rule. A favorite topic of conversation was Cooking ... Healthy Food. Another favorite topic was backyard gardens. In the 40's, 50's & even into the 60's people didn't have 2 & 3 cars parked outside their residences, they walked a LOT More than they do today ... & played Sports ... & cooked & canned & baked ... All Natural, no preservatives.
Those WERE TheGood Old Days (& the Population was a lot Healthier)

When I am 10 years more at 87, God willing, I want to be like you.

MA friend of mine had an aunt that was diagnosed as having stomach cancer at age 80. The docs told her she needed an operation, chemo and radiation, She said NO. They said then you will die soon.

She lived 12 more years. If she had gone their route, she would have been lucky to last another year. I know several who went to med route and died in less than a year. Spent the last year going to docs, hospitals, had chemo etc and lost their hair etc. I know only one lady that went that route and is okay after about 2 years. The rest all said they would not have gone the med route if they had to do it over again.

I went years without having Afib. I always refused Eliquis for some unknown reason.
I finally agreed to take Eliquis to prevent a clot should I have Afib. But I had the worst allergic reaction that sent me into Afib. I had to be cardio adverted. (That was ez peasy).
Then for the next 4months went to the ER, 5 times with Afib
Eliquis messed me up it took a month for most of the bad reactions faded. I’m still fighting the stomach issues. But those are just starting to fade too.
Warfarin is a slight hassle but at least I’m not sick or mentally messed up.