Coming off Apixaban

Hello

I had an AFib episode at the end of February this year that took me to AE and lasted about 6 hrs.

Consultant asked me to take blood thinners for 4 months and I am due to come off them this week.

Do I just stop taking them? Or should I ween down over a few days? The instruction came in a letter so there was no guide to follow?

He said that if I go into AFib again I should take them as soon as I notice ..

Thank you

[Bingo88]

Hello GM56. I was on Apixaban. Injections for a Blood clot 3 weeks after my Pacemaker operation for 3 months And just stopped them without any problems at all No one mentioned about weaning off them to me But all was ok Hope your doing ok now Have a good day Brian

[shorttail]

Hi, I have had to come off Apixaban twice now for operations and post op period of 6 weeks, not had any problems.

[Stellata]

Hi, was just told yesterday to stop taking apixaban by cardiologist, like you, AF episodes not frequent enough to warrant staying on apixaban. Did you have any problems? Should I reduce dose? Or stop abruptly?