Eliquis Drug Alternatives

I have been on Eliquis for 4 months now for afib. Have only had one episode of Afib. have a cardiologist that doesn't listen. He's just a drug pusher and wants to do ablations. So I don't bother with him. He just turned me back over to my nurse practitioner anyway. I am wasting away on this eliquis 2.5 mg twice a day. Can't gain weight. Most people gain. Not me. Suffering all over body pain. Memory problems. Nausea. Hair falling out. Weak. No motivation. Think it's messing with my blood pressure. Sometimes sweating and fever. I looked up side effect. Drs won't even listen about side effects. Just want to push more pills. I don't sleep well. Hardly slept last night. This stuff can also affect the liver since most of it goes through the liver.

I want to hear from anyone using natural supplements in place of these blood thinners. I've read about nattokinase and it sounds promising. There's got to be something for those of us who just cannot tolerate these pharma drugs. I hope this forum is still going. I haven't seen any recent posts. Thanks for the chance for me to use my voice. Any advice is appreciated. Everyone take care and stay safe during this pandemic.

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Hello, Belind! How are you doing? Has there been any change?

Are you on any other medications, or just the Eliquis? What are your blood pressure readings?

The issues you've listed can be side effects of this medication, along with increased risk of bleeding, cough, muscle spasms, and depression.

If your doctor isn't listening, then you might want to look into seeing a different doctor for another opinion. I've had problems with doctors not listening, in the past, and it is very frustrating. It is now something that I will no longer deal with, I have walked out of doctors offices more than once for that reason. I don't claim to know more than a doctor, especially with my specialty being medication side effects, research, and etc., not diagnosis, or prescribing treatments, but I do expect them to respect their patients as people, and pay attention to what they are telling them.

Do you have a primary care physician that you can speak to about your concerns? They might be able to help, or refer you to someone that will listen to you.

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