Rivoroxaban nausea

[Norfolk_spaniel]

My GP started me on Rivoroxaban on Thursday. I had previously tried Edoxaban and Epixoban but could not tolerate either as they left me with dizziness and little energy. Rivoroxaban is even worse. As well as the lack of energy and dizziness, I have nausea and am barely able to eat but I haven't vomitted yet. I don't know whether I should persevere or stop the medication and can't contact my GP until Tuesday. I suppose I will have to go on to the dreaded warfarin and avoid all the vegetables and salads which I love. Any advice from this wonderful group would be much appreciated.

[jeanjeannie50]

Try some good old tried and tested, been around a long time warfarin. There is nothing dreaded about it at all, you don't have to avoid salad and vegetables. Just keep your intake much the same each week. I've been on it for years, as have many other members on this forum.

Jean

[Buffafly]

Do you take it with food? I stopped taking Rivaroxaban in favour of Apixaban because it has to be taken with a meal and that’s no use to a person with bowel problems who has to fast during a flare up!

[MarkS]

Warfarin is actually better than the DOACs if you can keep your INR consistent. I have a large plate of salad for lunch with around 8 different veg and I remain in the right INR range 98% of the time.

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

I read that 2.5mg of River.... is basically enough. I wonder whether you had a higher a dose.

I take the lower dose of PRADAXA 110mg twice day. I take a juice or fruit with it.

Apparently it is the capsule that is dissolved in acid. My friend gets nausea with it so she is given a antiacid med.

Also not having a gall bladder bile drips in all the time apparently. It is your gall bladder which measures what is needed in bile to break down the food you eat.

cheri JOY. 74. (NZ)

[Norfolk_spaniel in reply to JOY2THEWORLD49]

I was prescribed 20 mg once a day, a tiny pill, which I've been taking after breakfast. I do take a prescribed antacid daily and I don't have a ggallbladder .

[JOY2THEWORLD49 in reply to Norfolk_spaniel]

Ask for PRADAXA 110mg twice a day with a juice.

I was taking an anti acid until I had my gall bladder out. If its been a year or 2 I suggest you stop the anti acid.

After say fish and chips I have a milk shake, icecream.

After gall bladder out keep to a low fat diet. No chicken fat or melted hot cheese or spcesas these are the worse.

cheers JOY

[Ppiman]

It's just awful to feel sick and be out of sorts. I have just resumed apixaban after two weeks without it thanks to a small op. So far, I have had two horrible days of stomach upset, acid reflux, nausea and diarrhoea - but no vomitting. Was it the apixaban? I just don't know but it seems like it might have been as, looking online, up to 10% of people suffer this way. Anyway, this is the third day and I am just feeling a bit better, with less of the runs and less acid burning in my throat. I am hoping the improvement continues.

How long did you press on for and suffer?

Steve

[Norfolk_spaniel in reply to Ppiman]

It was Rivoraxaban that caused most nausea. I've tried Edoxaban, Apixaban and Rivoraxaban and they all make me feel tired and dizzy. I persevered with Edoxaban for several months and then discovered that I felt like a different person without it. I persevered with Apixaban for a month but I've only tried Rivoroxaban for a week as I just can't do anything while I take it. As from today, not taking anything and I will try to speak to my GP next week.

[Auriculaire in reply to Norfolk_spaniel]

I think it is likely that if one "ban" does not suit you the others won't either as they are all drugs that act in the same way to interfere with clotting. There are probably only small differences between them and Apixaban seems to be the best. Pradaxa might be a solution as s a different class of anticoagulant but some people have digestive issues with it.

[Ppiman]

It looks like warfarin might be best? My friend with AF swears by it.

Steve

[Nickibmibile]

Hi, sorry to hear you're having a problem. It's awful feeling sick for most of the time.

My story. I took Warfarin from when I was 17 until I was 36, and it didn't stop me eating, drinking or doing anything. I needed a hefty dose of 14mg to keep in a therapeutic range but it was no problem.

I had to go back on Warfarin in 2014 due to AF and once again I've had very few problems. I love salads, green veg especially broccoli and spinach 😁

Don't be frightened of Warfarin, Warfarin is your friend. I love that I can get an INR check and I can know exactly what my blood is doing, I love the peace of mind that gives me.

[Norfolk_spaniel in reply to Nickibmibile]

Thanks Nick. I've stopped rivaroxaban and after 2 days the nausea has gone. Tomorrow I will try to get an appointment with my GP. I'm slightly worried that until I can see my GP I won't be taking an anticoagulant.