ELIQUIS Reviews (APIXABAN)Average Rating: 1.9 (285 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ELIQUIS with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ELIQUIS | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Prescribed | Bleeding gums and spitting up blood clots | After stopping Eliquis within 24 hours the gum bleeding stop and also the blood clots ! And my hair isn't falling out | F | 90 | 30 days 2.5 2X day | 4/23/2026 | 1 | DVT right leg after open heart surg | Within 6 days of beginning Eliquis, I started feeling dizzy and off balance upon standing. Felt fatigued, had trouble sleeping, had no motivation to do anything, experienced brain fog and unable to concentrate. Did some research and have ordered nattokinase. Will be stopping Eliquis as soon as the nattokinase arrives. | F | 73 | 3 weeks 5 mg 2X day | 3/26/2026 | 1 | DVT and PE | Restless legs, burning pins and needles in legs, joint pain, increased difficulty walking, legs feel like lead weights, increased physical weakness, increased fatigue, increased abdomen bloating, edema, swollen legs and hands, increased blurry vision, Lethargic, feel rundown, itchy skin after taking the pill, first 4 weeks nausea now increased appetite, increased problems with bowel movements and increase frequency urination, hard to sleep. Awful drug. Working to reducing the dosage to 5 mg a day instead of 10 since I am a smaller person. I will not be taking this drug forever. Most likely will result in declining health resulting in other harmful life threatening adverse events. | I am concerned how doctors do not adequately record and document patient side effects, how many patients concerns are minimized to promote pharmaceutical myths about this drug to promote profit at the expense of peoples lives and well being. | F | 65 | 6 weeks 5 2X day | 8/30/2025 | 1 | TIA with Afib | General unwell feeling, depression, brain fog, extreme hair loss | Hair loss is due to SLS, a hormone disruptor that kills hair follicles! Why is it in a anticoagulate anyway? Take it out!!! | F | 70 | 7 months 2.5 2X day | 8/29/2025 | 1 | Blood clots | Itching each evening restless legs brain fog fatigue headaches | Want to be put on different med | F | 71 | 0 days 5mgs twice 2X day | 4/22/2025 | 1 | Blood thinner prescription | Weakness, dizzy, numbness, tired constantly | There is a financial reason doctors prescribe it. Back on aspirin | M | 78 | 14 days 20 1X day | 2/20/2025 | 2 | Pr | Coughing blood often, chest pain often , generally feeling bad, brain fog , lack of concentration, sleeping issues back and shoulder pain.. Very very bad for me | I used fraxiparune 2 years during pregnancy and all was ok - I will ask to change medicine eliquis asap | F | 45 | 30 days 2x5 2X day | 7/25/2024 | 1 | DVT arm/shoulder | I'm no longer taking this medication. | F | 47 | 5mg 1X day | 6/25/2024 Patient History | 1 | DVT arm/shoulder | I'm very sensitive to all medicines, but the amount of pain and suffering that this drug caused me is unreal. First got injections, heparin, started to get pain in my thighs, the needles triggered my pain system tremendously. I was bruised and got huge lumps under my skin. Then got put on Eliquis... The drug is fairly new in Sweden, so few side effects are documented. So according to the doctors the SE I got "wasn't possible". But the severe pain in my thighs got worse, had trouble walking, getting up, bending and sleeping. I got the DVT in the gym (ironic, yeah..) provoked by a too heavy bench press. So fit before. Eliquis turned me into a fragile old woman in her 90s, my quality of life rapidly fell straight down. My whole legs and feet, groin and buttocks was burning of pain. Couldn't hold them still, they hurt like nothing I have ever experienced. Pins and needles, numbed feeling, an amplified restless legs feeling. VERY heavy legs, the circulation got affected so my skin turned dark red often if I stood still for a minute. My skin was undescribable sensitive to tough, my clothes hurt, my sheets, a soft touch. Then the joints started to hurt like hell and they sounded like no fluid was produced. From my fingers to my ankles. Couldn't clinch my fists. My neck and shoulders got stiff and very painful. I was terrible fatigued, my eyes got crossed in a strange way and I could fall asleep all the time. Blurred vision, my eyesight got worse. | F | 47 | 30 days 5mg 2X day | 6/25/2024 | 1 | DVT arm/shoulder | My first review was shortened, too many words. So the end comes here: "My gum bled, my eyes bled, my stool was black. I got crazy sweats but felt cold at the same time. Headache every day, no doctors cared/help/took it serious with any SE. Then my hair started to fall out, I wanted to disappear from my life at that point. This had become a non-living situation, I rather died from another cloth. Libido issues. Could not exercise, my muscles was too weak and sore. Red flushes to my face, with broken blood vessels as a result. Thin skin, a little scratch made holes and got skin to come off. Stomach ache was the final SE when I begged to be switched to Lixiana (SAVAYSA, edoxaban) but these drugs are so similar, so all the torture amplified with every new one. Lastly the doctor wanted me to try Warfarin but I said I couldn't take any of it any longer. I have reported all this to the Swedish Medicines Agency. All you other poor people that was forced to take these horrendous drug (s), REPORT the side effects also! Don't just write a review online or keep it to yourself! These drugs destroys peoples bodies and lives! My dvt was cleared finally but I still suffer tremendously of most of the SE. Scared to death that they will not subside. NIGHTMARE DRUGS. | F | 47 | 30 days 5mg 2X day | 6/24/2024 | 1 | DVT | Shortness of breath, brain fog, concentration and cognitive deficits, loss of appetite, hair loss, severe fatigue, | I was told I would have to take this poison for the rest of my life, but there is no chance of that happening! I have been weaning off as quickly as I can (but it has to be a very slow process) because I did not have any quality of life at the full dose. Things are improving a little now that I've gotten down to taking only 1/4 of the prescribed dose. Soon I will take baby aspirin instead, as I would rather take my chances for an early death than continue consuming what felt like poison to me! Being on Eliquis is not the way I want to live - it feels like pure torture for me. | F | 68 | 5 months 5 MG 2X day | 6/14/2024 | 5 | Pulmonary Embolism | Just wondering if it has affected my sense of taste. Sweet foods taste a little off recently. | No other concerns. | F | 78 | 6 weeks 5mg 2X day | 6/9/2024 | 4 | Pulmonary embolism | I'm still taking this medication. Side Effects: Indigestion | Am taking now 5mg a day and side effects which was acid reflux and indigestion have greatly improved. I have no other side effects | M | 72 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 3/12/2024 Patient History | 1 | pulmonary embolism | I'm no longer taking this medication. I am now taking baby aspirin and have no side effects on the baby aspirin. | F | 78 | 6 days 5 mg 2 x d 1X day | 3/12/2024 Patient History | 1 | Pulmonary embolism,Lft leg DVT | 10 mg 2 X's/ Day then 5 mg 2 X's/ Day Got of Eliquis after 30 day due to side effects | Brain Fog, Weakness, Dizziness about 3 weeks in (Oddly when lying down and turning head to the right), Low tolerance to heat (Never a problem before). | F | 65 | 30 days 10 mg 2X day | 2/26/2024 | 1 | DVT's which led to blood clots in l | Lethargy, significant weight loss, involuntary urination especially at night, gastric and intestinal distress. Irregular and difficult bowel movement. | The pulmonary blood clots were mechanically removed on June 1, 2023. After a three week improvement after my hospital procedure, the ELIQUIS prescription after the procedure significantly and progressively reduced my quality of life. During the 100 day course of my ELIQUIS experience, my weight dropped from 191# to 167#. | M | 71 | 100 days 5 MG 2X day | 10/29/2023 | 1 | PE due to DVT | Extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, low blood pressure (Its always been around 115/70 and its now been as low as 95/68 at times) light-headed, tingling in my hands, indigestion, brain fog, overall feeling unwell. | I was originally taking Xarelto and my dr switched me to Eliquis. I had no side effects with Xarelto and will be asking my dr this week at my follow up appointment to switch me back to Xarelto. | F | 53 | 14 days 5 MG 2X day | 10/29/2023 | 4 | Pulmonary embolisms | Tiredness, fatigue, occasional headache, occasional pink drops of urine after sex. Simply often not "feeling like myself". | I'm obviously not happy with these side effects. However I understand that my condition was life threatening and that's there's a trade off. | M | 67 | 100 days 5mg 2X day | 8/30/2023 | 1 | Afib | No energy, depressed, can't remember anything brain fog, pain in knees & back, hair loss, blurred vision.. | I was an extremely active person for an 80 plus person. No cane, no walker, no wheelchair & worked out on treadmill everyday. Have no energy now..going to talk to Dr about putting me on something else.. | F | 82 | 9 days 2.5 mg 2X day | 8/28/2023 | 1 | DVT | Depression, lethargy, fatigue, brain fog, crying, weak, hair thinning, increased appetite, body aches, joint pain | At first I felt fine but 3 weeks into it I progressively starting feeling terrible side effects. The Dr. told me she did not think the effects were from Eliquis. But when I read the reviews on this site I realized all these symptoms were felt by numerous others! I have been on Eliquis for 2 1/2 months and at first my Doctor said I would need to be on Eliquis for 6 months. But when the awful side effects began I knew I would not last much longer. I read from pubmed and other medical sites that for someone with a provoked DVT with a first time experience, the recommendation was revised to 3 months (I had hip replacement surgery the month before the DVT). THANK THE LORD she agreed to 3 months provided my test showed the DVT is gone. I have 14 days left to go before my test. I pray the blod clot is gone. I can not wait to be off Eliquis!! | F | 64 | 2 months 5 mg 2X day | 8/22/2023 |
ELIQUIS (APIXABAN): Apixaban is used to prevent serious blood clots from forming due to a certain irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation) or after hip/knee replacement surgery. With atrial fibrillation, part of the heart does not beat the way it should. This can lead to blood clots forming, which can travel to other parts of your body (such as the lungs or legs) or increase your risk for stroke. In the United States, apixaban is also approved to treat certain types of blood clots (deep vein thrombosis-DVT, pulmonary embolus-PE) and to prevent them from forming again. Apixaban is an anticoagulant that works by blocking certain clotting proteins in your blood. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA) FDA Approval Date: 2012-12-28