OK to drink lite beer or non-alcoholic brews while taking Eliquis?

[BobgoVT-Army]

hi: just started eliquis 5mg 2x a day - borderline AFIB test. Is drinking lite beer or non-alcoholic brew considered OK while taking eliquis? No HX of bleeding conditions etc.

Thanks in advance for the reply/ input!

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I'm on Apixaban and drink non-alcohol beer and wine daily, so hope it's OK? Haven't had any problems but interested to hear what anyone else says.

[beardy_chris]

There are no interactions between alcohol and Eliquis - though alcohol may, of course, affect your AF adversely. I should note that I'm not a doctor and I wouldn't recommend an excessive intake!

[BobD Volunteer]

Interesting thought and whilst I doubt there is any interaction drug wise, alcohol obviously can affect AF. In fact I found non alcoholic beers actually worse in this respect. Remember that they start out as ordinary beers or wines and have the alcohol removed by osmotic process. Only Heineken 0 % is actually alcohol free as most still contain a small percentage I understand. Purely personal but I came to the conclusion that what affected my AF was less the alcohol and more something in the fermentation process.

[davebakerpurton]

I'm on Apixaban and drink alcohol in moderation with no ill effects, but in some people alcohol can trigger Afib, my attacks have drastically reduced since I lost 24 Lbs in weight

[nymima01]

The least little bit of alcohol affects my mother's afib. She would love a glass of wine or beer occasionally, but she goes into an episode afterwards, so she leaves it alone. We don't even cook with it......