Blood thinners .

[Breesha]

Anyone had gout ( inflammatory arthritis ) flare up , with new blood thinners, I have tried them all now , Apixaban, Edoxaban and xerelto,, all caused gout flare up .

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Hello

I think there are a few more blood thinners they can try you on I was on one calle Ticagrelor I am not sure if you have tried that one ?

I would talk with your Doctor again , I know it gets you down but they will hopefully be able to find an alternative that you won't keep getting this problem with when you take it

Let us know how you get on x

[Dralex]

Hi Breesha,

I tried all the modern anticoagulants (apixaban,edoxaban, rivaroxaban,ect) but found I could not tolerate any of them. Three months ago my cardiologist prescribed the now rather "old fashioned" warfarin, which thankfully suits me perfectly.

Have a word with your doctor/cardiologist.

[Yellow26]

Hi BreedhaI’m on apixaban and suffer with gout in my knees ‘ this happens every few months’ my doctor tells me to exercise and try to not be on my knees for a length of time. It is annoying but it only lasts about a fortnight and I can cope with that’ good luck !!!

[Breesha in reply to Yellow26]

If it was gout it’s too painful to excecise , but Gout is relieved with diet , NOTHING with malt, beer ,Horlicks, stock cubes, no sardines or shellfish , check out the Gout diet it’s all low purines , I stick to the Arthritis Society diet and am fine normally , but this seems to be with the new blood thinners.

[Yellow26 in reply to Breesha]

I’m sorry to say you can do light excercise my doc recommended it’ it does help

[richard_jw]

I had gout a few times before I had a heart attack. My GP failed to diagnose it (can you believe it) I was in agony.I went to a rheumatologist who took a quick look and said Gout.

When the flare up subsided (with the help of intravenous steroids), he prescribed Allopurinol. I have taken them since and not been troubled with gout.

After the MI, they put me on Rivaroxaban clopidogrel and aspirin.

I no longer take the clopidogrel. At no time have I had any gout flare up, and that is 2 years on blood thinners of one sort or another..

[Breesha in reply to richard_jw]

Gout is linked to Food, all purine rich food, Liver , kidney, red meat ( in excess) mushrooms , asparagus, sardines, shellfish , all high in purines , I control my gout by Observing the low purine diet , but recently been changed from Warfarin … Apixaban seemed to almost instantly give me gout, and I have now had Edoxaban and Xaralto , all seem to cause gout. , was just interested to see if anyone else had symptoms. , and you cannot rely on the blood test , it’s not always an accurate measure of Uric acid, creating clearance.