Eliquis instead of Aspirin

[househunterthethird3]

Morning my little stenters or hearties how are we all (not all at once) while I was in Sainsbury's picking up some Paracetamol tablets for my permanent headache, I got chatting to this woman over Aspirin she suggested I ask my Doctor to put me on Eliquis (apixaban) she says its better than Aspirin with less problems.

Has anyone first-hand knowledge of this drug seems to have a very long list of possible things that could happen, I'm now about to try gasto Aspirin to see how I get on, answer in easy to understand English and not Doctor jargon please

[Prothy]

Hi, I use Apixaban without any problems as yet. Maybe speak to your doctor.

[Dickyticker26]

A year ago I was put on Apixaban and Bisoprolol following a visit to A&E with chest pain and now await a quadruple bypass

In 1992 I was urinating black blood having become addicted to Beecham Powders a combination of caffeine and aspirin

I had 2 admissions to hospital and was told I had cancer of the bladder

The consultant urologist later told me that the biopsy showed no cancer

However it remains on my medical records

Ever since then I have avoided aspirin and the bleeding has never returned

I told the urologist that I suspected the Beechams but he told me that I was talking nonsense and it was more likely that my mother was smoking when she was pregnant with me (in 1938!)

I have no problem with Apixaban and the chest pain-which I likened to being kicked in the chest by a horse-has never returned

The bypass is the recommendation of a Joint Cardiology Conference following an angiogram showing severe blockages though I have never seen any of the numerous scans I have had

I do not know which side of the counter your advice came from

I would certainly go along with the recommendation for Apixaban over Aspirin because of my personal experience

At the same time I cannot see anything wrong with Paracetamol

Hoping it works out for you

[sos007]

I had bypass surgery and 2 angioplasties resulting in 4 stents, in the spring of 2015 - I then changed my diet and lifestyle resulting in normalizing my weight and blood biomarkers over 10 months. I then stopped all post-op meds except for baby aspirin.

This spring I stopped the baby aspirin as well as I had been toying with the idea for years but this study convinced me:

nih.gov/news-events/news-re...

While the study notes it was based on 'healthy adults' - and not for those with previous cardiovascular disease, I am now healthy and continue my optimal diet and daily exercise.

I have asked my cardiologist for a blood test to demonstrate the efficacy of baby aspirin and he said there isn't one. So the medical profession is going on assumptions from previous studies and generalizing. I feel great and have had no issues.

Best of luck.