Effects of xarelto

[Eastwick]

Does anyone else have nasty red marks on their shins and back of their hands because of taking Xarelto? Much worse lately and pretty unsightly.

[Crystalbowl]

I have been taking Xarelto for at least 3 years and have not noticed any red marks on the backs of my hands or shins.

[Bloodredroses]

Hi, when you say nasty red marks , do you mean look like scrapes or red bruises? I get those , I am on 20 mg Xarelto . Back of hands arms . Once I had 3 lines of them . ! I photo d emailed to my Coagulation (Blood) Specialists team. A Dr said not serious, just bruising . ( it wasn’t ). I asked my Top specialist , she said at our age (70s) skin is thin , there is leaking through the tissues. Photo your marks. Send to Coag Team, On phone with date . I take turmeric ginger capsules . That’s the limit on top of Xarelto 20 mgs . You forget unless cut yourself , our blood is THIN . Oldies also have thin skin. I ate cubes of dry ginger for sinus relief . A hot piece heated my sinus and I had a BIG nose bleed with clots . I didn’t freak out as I know , heat can break blood vessels in nose. It stopped in an hour . I don’t chew hot ginger anymore on top of Xarelto and my turmeric ginger capsule IN THE MORNING for knee arth. I mentioned it to my specialist , she agreed , heat plus ginger , grapefruit alcaholic do thin blood . Be careful natural bloodthinners if on Xarelto . (Warfarin takers are told to avoid grapefruit etc , ) she said the hours after taking the Xarelto is the period blood will be thinner . So my marks on back of hands and arms come up in the night , show in morning . As take it at 5 p m with dinner and a Slimfast protein shake to protect stomach from it. Maybe think about your foods etc see if you are eating drinking something that is a natural bloodthinner. Leaking from under skin. I don’t worry about it anymore. Coag DRs reassured me. My 6 months Coag bloods are OK. All 6 monthly bloods are ok. For you , photo each time , make a food drink diary of date and food and drink after the Xarelto dose . Email to Coag Clinic Team. Hope this helps . Good luck . To cheer you up, my Specialist , said Xarelto is coincidentally not a bad med to be on during this ‘P’ time, it gives me comfort . 🙏🏻

[Eastwick in reply to Bloodredroses]

Thank you so much for your kind reply. I guess it is just to do with the Xarelto but all of us who take them need to, so must just put up with it. Will take your advice and photo the area. Looks even worse this morning, more of them!

[irene75359]

Not on my shins and hands but I bleed under my toenails, especially if I have been on a long walk or I am wearing new shoes. The first time I went to my GP but now, if the bruise moves as the toenail grows I know it is nothing to worry about.

[belindalore]

My partner took Eliquis and then Xarelto. Both caused his legs to ulcerate and turn beet red. He was only on Xarelto for a few days and it caused his prostate to swell up and he had to go to emergency and get catheritized. His Dr suggested a third one and it had the same bad side effects. He told the Dr no way. He's on a natural treatment. Doing well. Some people just can't tolerate pharma meds well. Neither can I.

Take care.