Thin blood and upper endoscopy

[Afibing]

Nervous about procedure. Have to quite thinners 2 days before no Afib protection . Anyone been thru this ??

[SirGeorge]

Hello Afibing, I just had the upper endoscopy done two weeks ago. I had to stop taking Eliquis 3 days before the procedure. I also had a colonoscopy done at the same time which saved me a few bucks. I had no problem during or after the tests. Estimated blood loss was minimal according to the report plus they did two biopsies which were taken with a cold forceps for histology. Best of luck to you.

[soberhoumom in reply to SirGeorge]

Yes I did the same as well. Since there weren't any complications I was able to take my Eliquis that same night.

[meadfoot]

YesI had this last summer and had to stop meds, no problems. Also had to stop again this February for surgery, no problems either. You will be fine.

[BobD Volunteer]

Strange that as I had an endoscopy a few months ago and did not have to stop warfarin. Doc said nothing he would do would be a problem. Took two small biopsies as well. Do remember that these drugs are not blood thinners.--- bad name----, they are anticoagulants so just slow down the clotting process.

[Hidden]

I'm the same as Bob. I had an endoscopy a few months ago and didn't have to stop taking my warfarin. Just had to make sure I was in range.

[Afibing]

thanks to all I feel better about it.....

[Hidden]

yes, been there done that, and i'm still here to tell the story.

I did it without any sedation as i was worried about the possibility of that kicking off the AF

[Hi-1964]

I too had same and didn’t have to stop apixaban .

[jwsonoma]

I had a colonoscopy and had to get my INR down below 1.3. I talked to my doc about upping my Flecainide and Bisprolol dose to reduce the chance of an a fib.

although I don't get a lot of a fib it gave me piece of mind.

[graemeparsons]

Had endoscopy without stopping warfarin but for my Colonoscopy had to stop warfarin 7 days before procedure and self inject into my tummy area (can't remember the name of the drug} upto the day before the procedure.

[soberhoumom in reply to graemeparsons]

Lenovo?

[momist]

Your anticoagulant does not protect you from AFib. It does protect you from having a stroke - a risk that is associated with (but not necessarily caused by) AFib. Your risk without the anticoagulant is statistically five times higher than that of 'normal' people, but even that risk is small compared to other risks in life, risk of cancer and diabetes and accident etc. Risk management and risk assessment are notoriously difficult to get your head around without both mathematical and specialist training.

Have a look at this video on YouTube by Dr Gupta, I think it illustrates the risk very well:

youtube.com/watch?v=-M2vA4n...(Not working as expected?)

[MillaZ]

I am on Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) and 12 days ago I had major surgery to remove my uterus and a tumor attached to it. I had to stop Xarelto 2 nights before the surgery, and started it again 3 days after surgery. The day after surgery and for 2 days following, I was injected with Clexane (heparin) twice a day. I was a bit worried about not being 'covered' so to speak, but there was no problem whatsoever -which I am very happy about

[exbcmc]

Had that procedure and prostate biopsy...no problem.