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04-16-2019 12:44 PM
My husband has been on Eliquis for the last year and only recently has had a bloodshot eye. Has anyone experienced this effect of this drug. Called Doctor and asked Pharmacist also and they all said it was due to the Eliqus but my dear husband looks awful for the last 3 days. Than you for your advice.
04-16-2019 12:50 PM
Does your husband have a doctor? It sounds like he might have broke a tiny blood vessel in his eye. Normally, that would just lead to red eye for a a day or two but since he's on Eliquis, it bled more than it normally would have. He should go in and have his doctor look at it.
04-16-2019 01:06 PM
My mother is using Eliquis.She had a bloody eye many years ago when she was taking Coumadin.
04-16-2019 02:48 PM - edited 04-16-2019 02:51 PM
@lizzyjean wrote:My husband has been on Eliquis for the last year and only recently has had a bloodshot eye. Has anyone experienced this effect of this drug. Called Doctor and asked Pharmacist also and they all said it was due to the Eliqus but my dear husband looks awful for the last 3 days. Than you for your advice.
I have not been on Eliquis or any of the new blood thinners. I was however on Coumadin(warfarin) for over 7 years. Never had an issue with blood vessels in eyes, but always had to deal with INR/ ProTime readings that fluctuated almost by the day.
My concern would never be "how I looked", it would be the why! I personally would never take any of these new thinners. They are unproven over the long term, as opposed to Coumadin(warfarin), and proven to cause heart valve issues with many patients that take them.
hckynut
04-16-2019 02:59 PM
@hckynut, I agree about the newer drugs, I would not take them because they do not know enough about them. I have been on Coumadin however for 17 years and it is a challenge, but I have no choice.
04-16-2019 03:54 PM
@lizzyjean You haven't called the doctor for his advice and expertise?? Please don't ask such dangerous medical questions here, seek a doctor.
04-16-2019 04:21 PM
@lizzyjean Yes, you don't even have to be on a blood thinner to have that happen. My blood is just so thin anyway (I do occasionally take ibuprofen, which can thin the blood, and I eat fish). A few years ago I went through a period where I kept breaking blood vessels in my right eye. It usually happened when I did something sort of stressful like bending over while pulling hard on something, or riding the elyptical. Mine would stay red for at least a week, but there was no pain at all. When I asked my doc about it he just smiled and said it comes with getting older (like so many other things). I was in my early-mid sixties then, but now at 70, it doesn't happen anymore in my eye, but I do get bleeding under my super thin skin with the slightest bump, which is so ugly too.
04-16-2019 04:41 PM
I was on Eliquis for just under 2 years and didn't have any type of episode of any kind while on it, and now have been off it for about as long as I was on it.
04-16-2019 04:51 PM
I have been on Eliquis for about a year and a half and have had no problems. I was on Coumadin for a very long time. When I was on the Coumadin I was tired of the blood tests once a month and constantly watching anything with Vitamin K as that enfluenced my INR levels. I asked my cardiologist if I could switch to Eliquis and he was ecstatic. I can now enjoy vegetables without worrying about my blood levels.
04-16-2019 07:35 PM
@katte wrote:I have been on Eliquis for about a year and a half and have had no problems. I was on Coumadin for a very long time. When I was on the Coumadin I was tired of the blood tests once a month and constantly watching anything with Vitamin K as that enfluenced my INR levels. I asked my cardiologist if I could switch to Eliquis and he was ecstatic. I can now enjoy vegetables without worrying about my blood levels.
Don't know why you were/are on blood thinners and that is strictly your business. On Coumadin and a monthly blood test? My average blood tests over my 7 years on Coumadin(warfarin) was over 3 times per week, had times I went 7 days a week. Yes, they were full blood draws, not a finger stick.
Regardless of what blood thinner a person might be taking, their INR is still a very important factor. Eating foods that are known to enhance chances of blood clotting? I was, and still am a lacto-ovo vegetarian, and though I no longer am on Coumadin(warfarin), I stay away from all the darker green veggies, and eat a minimum of the others.
"I can now enjoy vegetables without worrying about my blood levels"? Anyone that is on a blood thinner is prescribed them for a reason, especially patients that are on them long term, maybe forever. They are prescribed most often to help in preventing blood clots.
To each be their own.
hckynut
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