Xarelto, Headaches, Vision Disturbances (Top voted first)

Hi, I am wondering if anybody else has had these side effects. I had a total right hip replacement on March 2 of this year. On March 9th I went to the ER and was diagnosed with a PE in my left lung. After being there overnight I was sent home on Xarelto, two-15mg for 20 days then 15mg once a day. Three days later I went back to the ER with the most intense headache and vision distortions. If I covered my left eye and looked at the page of a book, I could see the black of the letters, but they were not distinct letter shapes, they also had shadows. There were other things also. I was in for three days, two Ct scans, a lumbar puncture, an MRI, neurologist and retina ophthalmologist, numerous blood work and they found nothing significant. Some results were slightly off so my primary is sending me to a hematologist to be safe and let them decide if I have to be on Xarelto for three or six months. I have had headaches off and on with some vision problems but not as nearly as bad, until today. I got some virus with a sore throat and cough and slight headache for two days. Woke up today with r ear very painful and very painful headache when I cough, bend, or make any sudden movement, I'm back to holding my head between my hands and taking my hip meds, tramadol and norco for my headache. I'm a 54 year old female, good health, was in the 1% risk factor group for a PE, have never had headaches, vision disturbances or ear infections before this. The only thing I can attribute it to is the Xarelto. I was reading the posts and I see others with headaches, or migraines, I guess I need to look up the definition of migraine since it sounds like that's what it could be, but I did not see any vision problems. Just trying to figure out if I should switch meds?

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Hello, Mldebi! How are you doing? I'm very sorry about the problems that you're having.

Migraines can actually cause visual disturbances, it's very common with them, so if the medication was causing you to experience migraines, then those may have caused the vision issues.

Other side effects of Xarelto, as listed by the FDA, may possibly include nausea, dizziness, easy bruising and increased risk of bleeding.

Many people have had to stop taking this medication and switch to something else.

When do you see the hematologist? They should have a better idea of its side effects and what else you can try instead.

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I went and saw the hematologist and she changed my medicine as there have been headache and vision side affects reported. I have not had the headaches and vision problems since the change. The headaches and vision problems were the worst the first week on Xarelto.

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