Muscle/nerve Ache With Eliquis And Niacin Or Statin (Top voted first)

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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Its not your imagination. I am taking eliquis 5 mg twice a day since march 1 2015.
The last month I started getting muscle pain in my arms and stifffness in my
hand joint. I am having getting off a couch, kichen chair and a Toilet seat.
Getting in and out my car is difficult. I am a pharmacist for 38 yrs and I am 61 yo
and now going to a Rheumatogist . She on a witch hunt thinking it might be gout.
After reading these blogs i am convinced the smoking gun is eliquist.
I got to have them get me off this crap before i turn 62 sorry i mean 92!!!!!!

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Since responding last year about neck and hip pain that went away when I stopped Eliquis to get hip injection for diagnostic purposes, i resumed Eliquis at the insistence of my doctor. Then I had cervical neck pain & muscle spasms so bad that my doctor sent me for a myelogram. Once again, I discontinued Eliquis in order to get Myelogram. Two days later I was pain free. When I discussed with cardiologist, he stated that ( was the only patient who complained about this.

I asked him if he asked his patients about joint pain since most would not correlate this pain to Eliquis.

In prior years, I had total body muscle pain while on statins.

When I contacted the Pharmaceutical company about Eliquis joint pain, they said it was in the Product Information circular. It is, but is very well disguised. Suggest everyone with this side effect contact Bristol Myers Squibb and file an adverse event report, and make sure your doctor knows about it every time you visit him/her.

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I am hving cervical neck pain also, along with hip pain. I stopped Eliquis several months ago to get injection into hip and my joint pain symptoms disappeared. More recently, I had severe neck pain along with muscle spasms. My MD gave me an injection of an NSAID. IN two hours I could turn my head fully. So I contacted my Cardiologist about discontinuing Eliquis for 3 weeks while I took Motrin to see if NSAIDS would help. Much to my surprise, within 24 hours after stopping Eliquis my neck pain had a noticeable reduction. Plan to only take an aspirin for a few days to see if neck pain is related. More studies needed on cause and effect of joint pain while taking Eliquis. Recommend contacting manufacturer and filing report with FDA. Maybe related, maybe not, but needs to be researched.

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This is not indicative of aging. If you have the least bit of arthritis, the inflammatory process stimulates the production of Platelets. If taking anticoagulants, it somehow interferes with normal platelet function.

Discuss with your doctor, and file a report with the manufacturer.

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I just started eliques. and could not belive that all of a sudden had a lot of muscle pain,neck,back arms. i decided to check for side affects and now i know it is the eliquis.

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After taking Eliquis for ten days I began developing muscle pain. I contacted my doctor and his nurse told me to take Tylenol. Needless to say I stopped taking the medication. Five days have passed and I'm still having these symtoms. Should I be worried? The nurse told me after five days the drug should no longer be in my system.

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Hello Olivia,
How long did it take before you saw a change in your body after getting of Eliquis....
My Mother experienced the same joint pain and extreme fatigue. She has been off 3 days, but no change at all.

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Yes! My legs are stiff. It's difficult getting out of the car or bed! I'm 63 and felt fine before I started taking these new meds. First it was Xarelto, which caused back pain; now, it's Eliquis and I feel stiff all over!

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ABSOLUTELY. YOU WILL SEE HOW BAD THIS SIDE EFFECT IS IF YOU HAVE TO DISCONTINUE ELIQUIS FOR ANY KIND OF INVASIVE TESTING OR SURGERY.
TELL YOUR DOCTOR, AND IF HE SAYS YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO COMPLAINS ABOUT IT, ASK HIM HOW MANY PATIENTS HE ASKS ABOUT THIS SIDE EFFECT?
THE MANUFACTURER WILL STATE THAT IT IS A LISTED SIDE EFFECT, BUT IT IS CAREFULLY DISGUISED FROM CONSUMERS AND PHYSICIANS.

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Yes I have been so sore and stiff in the mornings it's like I've aged 5 yrs. I've also had extreme nausea that I have taken meclizine for. I just went off of it for 3 days for a dental appointment tomorrow. I am considering staying off it and going back yto coumedin.

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After taking 5mg Eliquis 2x/day for 2 months, I now have neck,shoulder and back pain. I also am beginning to have hip discomfort. I was fine before Eliquis. Is it all a coincidence? My cardiologist said my symptoms not a side effect

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I got really bad neck pain I have to stop Eliquis!!!

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I am a healthy 48 year old woman. I developed a pulmonary embolism because of my birth control pills. I took Eliquis 2 times a day for 6 months. During that time, I had pain and stiffness in my legs, hips, back and I really felt it in my upper arms. The pain and weakness was always worse in the morning. I took my last dose one week ago and I couldn't wait for the side effects to disappear. However, I still have all of them. I'm really hoping it's just a matter of time, but I feel like I aged 20 years and I don't like it! I also was told that my side effects were unique. How can that be when there are so many people involved in this chat?

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Oh, yes. I was and energy plus person and now the muscle aches in my legs and neck are bad. I have no energy and feel much older. The neck pain came after taking two eliquis. They also gave me Toporal twice a day (50mg) and that could be part of it. I have circulation problems in my toes and fingers too.

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I'm checking out the effects of Eliquis on cell wall permeability. I woke up at 3 a.m. thinking I had an aneurism or hernia or the return of my cancer, all the diagnostics came up negative for those. We raced to the hospital. After almost six hours in the ER, blood work and CT scan, the doctor told us that the only thing left as the causate of the extreme pain in my groin was musculo-skeletal issues, which developed after about 2 weeks on Eliquis. We read on the Eliquis website that Eliquis causes low potassium, but my blood potassium level was o.k., so that brings up the question: So., if my blood potassium level is o.k., perhaps the potassium not getting into the muscle tissues, and if not, why not? My guess is that the Eliquis (which we've been told works on the cell walls of the platelets to make them 'slippery' so they don't clot), perhaps has a similar effect on the permeability of the cell walls of muscle tissue, perhaps blocking the uptake of potassium (and other significant electrolytes, such as magnesium) from the blood. Therefore, the pain and dysfunction of muscles begins. That's only my theory, so I need to investigate more. I need to talk to a cytologist. I just know that if you start messing with the body's electrolytes, all kinds of mayhem begins.

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My goodness!! My m8nd told me to google eloquis and cramping which landed me here!! I have been on Eloquis since April 2015....I am now expericing some type of spasms or cramps-- in my toes...my foot....legs...hands and fingers. When these spasm/cramps occur, whatever part of my body mentioned above , will involuntarily start to twist and its very painful and I am unable to twist it back to normal for at least 2-3 minutes! In my calf area the pain from the twisting/tightening wakes me out of my sleep. I literally have to stand up and put a shoe on...take a few steps before my leg or foot will untwist!! Could this be the Eloquis?

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There seems to be lots of problems with this Eliquis drug and I can confirm that. I have the worst foot cramps you could imagine with lack of sleep and since starting this drug I have developed muscle weakness in my right eye for which I've seen an Optician, Eye Specialist and finally a Neurologist. Feeling like someone has punched me in the eye and my eye will not open, then it settles down a little during the day and starts all over again. This drug has been so bad that when I was sent to a Neurologist she like many other people were looking for other medical problems. I suggested it could be the medication and she almost ate me alive! At one point they were going to give me all sorts of drugs, one being for a Muscle Wasting disease and another for Neuropathic Pain I refused as the diagnostics were negative and I have just stuck to Co-Codamol.

While on this TERRIBLE drug remember you Must not take Ibuprofen or any other NSAID drugs as they can cause stomach problems and bleeds and not many doctors will offer you them as they are dangerous. Always check with a Chemist before taking over the counter medications while on Eliquis. For those taking Statins read info inside the packet one of the biggest problems with this drug is SEVERE leg pain and most people I know have this along with foot cramps another side effect is Pancreatitis 2 people I know have recently ended up in hospital. A review of Eliquis is long overdue and one must ask themselves the question what will become of us way down the line---wish I had never been put on the stuff.

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Hi. I always keep up to date with this website, and I can tell you it's NOT in your head. This problem is very real.

I started on this over 2 years ago and wish I never had. I do suffer from Spinal Stenosis and this makes you think it's all related to the spinal problem however I started to develop pins and needles at the fingertips as though I burnt myself or after getting my husband to look at finger tips because I had convinced myself that there were bits of metal in them this went on and on. So now symptoms are burning in feet toes and tips of fingers.

BUT now for something much worse as if that's not enough I attend dentist every 4 months on a dental plan and my gums are so sore the only reason I can find is this Eliquis has caused the problem something else to add to the list. A drug that has no antidote and causes such problems well that tells you something does it not?

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Is there anybody out there without any side effect?
Please let us know.

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Hi all,I'm on Eliquis and Statin for about 9 months.I have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning.Stiff back and pain all over,legs,arms,shoulder and back.I'm 74.
After BF I force myself to ride my bicycle first very slowly and go for about 5-10 miles.After getting home pain is gone for the rest of the day.If I don't bike I'm in pain all day.I guess we all need more exercise even if we have to work trough the pain.Good luck

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