Muscle/nerve Ache With Eliquis And Niacin Or Statin (Page 5)

Since starting Eliquis, I have felt much stiffer and sore in the mornings and during the day with muscle tightness in my neck and back affecting my upper arms. A general sense of early aging that is unpleasant. Anyone else with these symptoms?

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I tried Xarelto and had horrific headaches. Changed o Eliquis and had the same bad headache, stomache ache that doubled me over every day, and have tingling in my arms and fingers. At firs I also had a lot of muscle pain like I had the flu. When I mentioned this to my cardiologist, he said it was better than having a stroke. So much for his sensitivity.

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Bad neck and shoulder pain, range of motion bad when turning my head , have been on eliquis for only a week now. 5 mg x a day. I'm a very active person with no prior history of neck pain.

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Red your article and can tell you this Eliquis does cause abdominal pain and severe it can be let me assure you.
Thought it was going to ruin my Xmas bowels are running burning you name it I can tell you my endoscopy did find a couple of polyps in stomach I simply thing this drug aggravates the situation. I.B.S is far worse since taking it.
As Ive said so often before to all on it lets put pressure on this company to collate our symptoms and maybe then and only then we can get a better understanding of what its doing to our body. No-one wants to find out years down the line that this has caused something VERY bad do they?

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Yes this early aging feeling is very depressing. I look in the mirror and it's not me. My eyes have a very sickly look as if I had a serious illness. I have long thick hair and could not finish blow drying it. I'm busy in the kitchen and need a break after 15 minutes with my back.

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I'm on Xarelto for a month now and have started to get tingling feelings in my arm. Thought it was a stroke at one stage but as I didn't have any other symptoms, I ruled that one out. Sooo glad I found out on the web that's it is not uncommon. Will be seeing my GP next week so we will chat then about it. You just don't know with these new(ish) drugs...and how will affect each individual as we all different.

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I've posted before on Eliquis and muscle and joint pain and fatigue. But after reading other posts it is fair to say that I'm taking Verapamil 240 mg twice a day--Prilosec 40mg once a day and Eliquis 5 mg twice a day. Something new and crazy yesterday. I felt a strong current going down my arm and asked him to feel it. He just looked at me strange and said no. Eliquis and verapamil were started at the same time

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Yes, neck pain, feels like electrical currents running from.my neck to shoulders more on left side but it is bilateral at times. Tingling in my toes. Also increase in anxiety and depression.

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I have been on eliquis for 6 months and have severe neck back and hip pain . Someone should be researching this bliid thinner!! It's affecting so many people with the same problems. Too bad to suffer so much and no one listens to us!!

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I was on Eliquis from March 2015 to end of Sept. 2015. After one month I noticed shortness of breath which got worse and worse. Saw the cardiologist in July 2015 but he was adamant that Eliquis did not cause it. In the meantime I also had muscle pain throughout my body which I did not even discuss with my GP as the shortness of breath was getting worse and worse. End of Sept. 2015 I stopped Eliquis and after a couple of weeks the shortness of breath was completely gone. But the fatigue and especially muscle pain throughout my body has persisted. It is so bad that I have trouble sitting for a prolonged time and wake up in the morning completely stiff; however, go on my stationary bike every morning for 30 min. and it helps very much. Also use heat pad to help with pain management. and have started with acupuncture treatment once a week. But I feel I have aged 10 years and still have trouble climbing stairs or sitting down on a toilet. When will this muscle pain finally ease up. It is over 3 months ago I stopped the drug. By the way ,my GP believes me that Eliquis did not agree with me when she saw the improvement in my breathing and shared that one of her patients experiences a lot of nausea. My cardialogist absolutely refuses to believe Eliquis to be the culprit and told me, now that my breathing is back to normal, I should try Eliquis again to prove that it was the culprit. I just laughed at him and told him I will not put myself through that again. Needless to say, I am looking for a new cardialogist. But am still at a total loss about this severe muscle pain throughout my body and how to recover from it after 3 months off the med. I am afraid to go to a neurologist and be put on more drugs. I am still in a lot of pain and feel I have aged 10 yrs. It was helpful reading all the posts as I was feeling like a freak.

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yes, since my husband started taking it....he has serious back problems...leans to the left, and he's always tripping...he has fallen a few times....blood sugars off the charts?? nothing was ever said to us about this medication, yet his dr said he HAD to go onit??? no wonder people leaving that office like crazy......he has.terrible pain in his calves too....i demanded that he be taken off of this garbage..he was better off on coumadin..we are seeing his cardiologist tomorrow....i can hear it now.

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Does anyone know if switching from eliquis to cayman is a better option?

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After the endless list of problems on this ELIQUIS I now have another to add this has got to be the worst yet.
Pain in left side was originally stomach now lower abdominal with passing terrible bowel movements almost like a clear out.
I did suffer from I.B.S and obviously it has made this condition much worse.
Horrific pain.
Had endoscopy for different complaint and it picked up stomach polyps[benign] and reflux.
Anyone else noticed bowel problems? it is one of the side effects but if its as severe as this it makes you wonder.

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the cardiologist said nothing after husband's appt the other day.....i'd like to know what is going on, and how much of a kickback these people get....i will be making another appt with our regular md, to discuss what happened the other day....he too cannot sit still for very long....they say that all of a sudden, he has bad discs?? now? i do not trust these drug companies...no wonder UHC said he would apply for free eliguis. they are pushing this crap on people, and it's hurting everyone!

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i am sick of listening to drs...as if they are experts on everything....they might know their stuff from books, but they do no know what people feel..... most of them are not helpful at all

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I just got released from hospital and only been on Eliquis since Jan 28th. I woke up my legs are aching,hurting and overall body feel feel stiff is this a side effect or is because i was laid up for a week and I'm moving more now? I can't take Xarelto because it messed with my liver enzymesso I was switched to this.. Please Help . Not clear info as to what this really means.

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Yes my muscles feel tight all the time since I started taking Eliquis.

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I never picked up on that symptom...my husband looks like he as aged 20 yrs....is walking stooped over, looks pale... constantly complains about his back... I feel like i'm living with my father.

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I started to take eliquis about 3 weeks ago and I'm having exactly the same symptoms you are having. Back and neck pain and both upper extremity are very sore. It feels like I pulled all my arm muscles. Hope you get better soon

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I feel sooo much better since I am off Eliquis. Breathing back to normal. Not trusting any more doctor advice, for the severe muscle pain I devised a seven week acupuncture program and included 2 weeks of Alleve and have recovered quite nicely. Feeling like a normal human being again with some aches still lingering but severe breathing issues, severe muscle aches, severe fatigue and "old age" feeling gone! For blood thinner I went back to one a day baby aspirin.

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Hello Irene, Did you follow up with dr that you were quitting eliquis? This drug needs to be tampered off then abruptly quitting!! Can be scary

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