Extreme Fatique, Joint Pain, Muscle Weakness With Eliquis For Afib (Page 6)

I was having extreme fatigue, joint pain, muscle weakness after starting Eliquis and started to having black stool with nausea and abdominal pain. I gradually reduced the dose until no longer taking Eliquis nor ever will. It really put a fear in me. Asprin works for me via my AFIB. I can tell if my blood is too thick when my heart is working hard to pump the blood out of my heart. I feel much better when my heart is pumping normally when the blood is thinner. You sometimes have to insist to your doctor the side effects you are feeling, this is a fairly new medication. Anyone else have these side effects?

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Re: Nana (# 95)

Look into natural blood thinners like Tumeric...There are also many others...
I am having many pain issues also with Eliquis.

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Re: BeccaB (# 96)

Ditto to all you said... Was about to get an MRI & decided to do some research and WOW was I surprised... Had similar issue with hips when on Crestor years ago... Stopped taking pain subsided. Have to d/c this Med. Has your pain subsided yet???

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2 x 5mg, after a month my legs are very weak. I was fit and strong before an injury caused dvt. I did not want to take pharma but also didn't want to die, going the natural route. Hope I can clear the poison soon. eliquis = poison

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anemia!!!!!!! don't overlook it, iron and b12 could help a great deal

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Re: Bobbir (# 93)

I had a similar situation, I traveled to Europe and had been taking Metropolo and aspirin for 8 years, I had a stroke while on a cruise ship in the Baltic sea. I was in the hospital in Helsinki. Pradaxa gave me severe heart burn. So I am on Eliquis now. I do get dizzy but feel alright. I exercise and feel pretty good. But don't tell my Doctor or he will get mad, I am taking half the dose. But I take Aleve for pain so I think it balances out.

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Anyone else have back pain after taking Eliquis.Went off it for a couple of days due to a procedure and the back pain disappeared. Back on it again and back pain and inflammation under the ribs started again. I have persistent Afib,cardioversion did not last waiting to see electrophysiology.

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Wow, glad I am not alone. I too have fatigue, weight gain, but the dizziness is the worst, scary. I don't want to have a stroke so I take it but have been sporadic. I have an appointment for an ablation consultation next week and I hope and pray it works.

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I was placed on eliquis for pulmonary embolism, I too am having extreme fatigue to the the point I fall asleep sitting up and extreme leg muscle pain

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I started Eliquis on Dec. 17, 2023 was put on because i have 100% Afib. On Christmas eve I started getting a severe pain on my left side (my back). I just shook it off thinking my pants were to tight. Christmas day the pain got worse. then I noticed my urine was getting darker. Then my urine got real dark. I started noticing I was so tired and weak that I couldn't get out of bed, didn't have a bowel movement since starting the Eliquis, then the blood started in my urine. I am now starting to get dizzy, feeling awful, finally I said that's it, I go to see my PA because my Cariologist doesn't respond to my calls, and she says that there is so much blood in my urine, so she put me on an antibiotic and tells me if I feel worse to take myself to the hospital. Now it is New Years eve and I am at the hospital. They do a cat scan and say they don't see anything, they do blood work and that seems alright, they do a urine analysis and tell me that I need a Urologist. The ER Doctor asks me if I am taking any new meds and I tell him Eliquis and he says "Oh", he thinks this could be my problem. I leave the hospital and I take myself off the Eliquis. After a couple of days I see that the blood in my urine is getting better and the pain in my back is going away and the weakness and tiredness is going away. I go to the Urologist and he does a test on me to make sure that I have no cancer in my bladder which comes back negative. He also thinks this could be the Eliquis. So I told him I am staying off of it. I now have an appointment to see a new Cardiologist. I don't think I will be going on any blood thinners anymore. I am scared about having a stroke but I don't think that I can live with all the side effects. I am going to look into natural ways to thin my blood.

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