I have just started on Eliquis 5mg twice a day because my episodes of AF have increased in frequency lately. I used to have 1-2 episodes per year, but I have had 7 or 8 since the end of November. I have taken Meloxicam (Mobic) for arthritis for a couple of years and it works great - once a day with food and it really relieves my arthritis pain, plus I believe that the overall anti-inflammatory effect of the drug will hopefully slow down the arthritis progression. Now I feel I have to stop the Meloxicam because of the increased risk of bleeding with the combination of the two drugs. I don't want to!! Does anyone else have arthritis and/or other reasons for taking NSAIDS/Meloxicam and had to stop since starting on a DOAC? What do your respective physicians advise?
Thanks,