Has Anyone Experience Really Thin Blood While On Xarelto?

My husband was taking xarelto for afib but it became too expensive. He is now taking warfarin. I am curious though because while he was on the xarelto when I would check his blood glucose, some days his blood was so thin the test strip couldn't pull the blood onto strip. I had to try to scoop it on there and it was still hard to get the blood strip to take it. He was not on any other blood thinners at the time. Although he was taking cholesterol medication. Just wondering, because I know they report xarelto does not need monitoring like warfarin. Since he has been on warfarin this has not happened.

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Hello, Joann! How are you and your husband doing?

There are warnings with Xarelto that it can cause a lot of bleeding, which is not reversible. Just because it does hit a certain limit, so it doesn't require constant monitoring, doesn't mean that it thins any less than any of the other medications.

The FDA lists the typical side effects of Warfarin as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, easy brushing and increased risk of bleeding.

Did he ask his doctor about it?

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