[aquila48]

I take eliquis and a couple weeks ago my right hand went completely numb for about 5 minutes. Went to ER, did a CT scan and discovered that I had bleeding in my brain. They asked me if I had hit my had on something, and there was nothing I remembered that I would call trauma.

They checked me in and did a procedure called Middle Meningeal Artery (MMA) embolization to prevent future bleeding and took me off eliquis until further notice.

[so_real]

Eliquis was recommended for a family member of mine following AFIB diagnosis. In the months that followed once she started taking it, we witnessed her physically deteriorate (weakness, tiredness, loss of mental acuity) while her AFIB continued unabated. We didn't know what was causing the decline, the AFIB or the Eliquis.

She ended up in the emergency room with cardiac distress and stopped the Eliquis while there (after withstanding the full-court press by doctors and nurses who were positively certain she should continue using it). She hasn't used it since, and she hasn't been to the emergency room since.

And, sidebar of interest, by faithfully adding nutritional supplements to her diet (DHEA, D-Ribose, D3+K2, Aceytyl-L-Carnitine, L-Taurine, Ubiquinol. L-Arginine, Red Yeast Rice, Garlic, Curcumin, and Nattokinase --- quite a list but easy to take) over time her episodes of AFIB have decreased substantially. She's had about 5 minutes of AFIB recorded in the last five months. And, also interesting, she has over that time eliminated one of her blood pressure medicines and cut the second one down by more than half. She is still a bit cautious, but starting to feel like she has control over her life again. It's amazing what can be accomplished when turning away from pharmaceuticals and toward nutrition.