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Krhea17 Asked July 2019

Mother 82, diagnosed with AFib in November. Started on blood thinner Eliquis. Has anyone else complained of chronic nausea?

JoAnn29 Jul 2019
How severe is her AFIB. One time only, problems every day or just occasionally. Like Alva, my husband takes a 81 ml aspirin everyday. He had one instance at 38, another 23 yrs later and another 4 yrs after that. They find no cause for this. Just happens.

I know Coumadin used over a period of time can cause internal bleeding. It did with my Dad. Does Mom take fish oil or vitamin E. Both are blood thinners and can interfer with other blood thinner.

Call the doctor who ordered the Med. Maybe Moms stomach can't take it. Maybe she needs to take it at a different time of the day. With food, without food. Maybe not at all if her AFIB is not continuous.

AlvaDeer Jul 2019
As a nurse on cardiology for more than 40 years I saw more problems due to blood thinners than any other side effects. I fear them enough that when I, 15 years ago, slipped into chronic atrial fib I refused them, and take a baby aspirin a day and on I go. I would first of all google the side effects of the medication, but even if you find nausea not among them (which would be unusual as nausea is on almost ANYTHING) it could be the medication if it started with the medication. The thing is that I would now in someone this age with the fragility of age watch like a hawk for bruising, bleeding gums with mouth care, dark or black stools, and signs that there is excess bleeding. If it happens internally it can take an elder very very quickly. Chronic atrial fib, does, according to studies, make someone a bit more prone to stroke because of the irratic pumping of the blood through vessels. One tries to weigh the side effects against the protection, and in all truth, MDs will often tell you that it is anything but an exact science if you really ask for the truth.

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Countrymouse Jul 2019
You must report this nausea to her doctor. Do that anyway, today; but also tell the doctor when your mother started taking Eliquis, when the nausea began to appear, and whether it's got better or worse over time.

Any other symptoms? Everything all right at the, um, other end?

Ahmijoy Jul 2019
My husband has been on Eliquis for 2 years and not had any episodes of nausea. Any side effects like that should immediately be reported to her doc.

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