Ticagrelor/Aspirin causing blood in stools ?

[Picasso652]

My husband had a HA three weeks ago and had a stent fitted. Now on a cocktail of drugs including blood thinners, however is now experiencing blood when pooping and coughing. Anyone else here had similar symptoms ?

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I have noriced it more when on aspirin, but thats just me, others on this forum may have a more reasoned answer. Good luck to hubby

[Mike424u]

Hi I am on both Ticagrelor/Aspirin, I had big problems with Ticagrelor side effects, Breathlessness spasm's gasping for breath, It was driving me nuts, I spoke to my GP & surgeon and my surgeon changed me over to Clopidogrel and the problems stopped, I'm also on a lot of other meds, Atorvastatin, Ramipril, bisoprolol, The only down side of changing to Clopidogrel is I have to take it for 2 years, but when I was on Ticagrelor I was only going to be on for 1 year, I guess its a much stronger med, that could be part of your hubby problem, I suggest a chat to your GP and or surgeon and Heart nurse, I found the local heart nurse very helpful, and some great information at the cardio rehab classes I attended. Oh by the way I had 7 stents in 2 ops. and Im now just getting ready to go back to work, after the best part of 5 months at home

[NorthantsSteve]

Hi Picasso. I haven’t had these symptoms. The Ticagrelor and Aspirin are an anti-platelect therapy that prevents blood from coagulating so easily. So if you get a cut it can bleed for ages. It helps prevent a (further) heart attack and protects the stent but my understanding (not a medical person) is that it acts differently to drugs like Warfarin.

Personally I’d call the cardiology nurse/Docs. Better safe than sorry. If my experience with shaving cuts is anything to go by it could take a long time to heal up.

[Malrc]

See this USA website on Tricagrelor/Brilinta

everydayhealth.com/drugs/br...

Advises

Tell your doctor right away if you experience any of the following symptoms while taking Brilinta:

Severe, unexplained, long-lasting, or uncontrollable bleeding

Brown or pink urine

Black, red, or tarry stools

Vomit that's bloody or looks like coffee grounds

Coughing up blood or blood clots

Brilinta and Alcohol

Drinking alcohol may raise your risk of developing bleeding in your stomach or intestines.

Avoid alcohol while taking Brilinta.

N.B. UK websites do not mention Alcohol

[Loving-life]

Hello. I was on ticagrelor and aspirin. Whilst on both I had issues with blood in urine. The urologist I saw was 99 percent certain it was caused by the ticagrelor. He was right in my case, as It did stop after coming off ticagrelor.