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My Husband Has Been Taking Xarelto After His Hip Replacement
Question: My husband has been taking Xarelto after his hip replacement surgery, however his urine is turning brown. Should contact his doctor?
Brief Answer:
May be due to Tablet xarelto. Require further evaluation after consultation
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have gone through your query and here is my advice.
As per your history, brown urine indicates blood in urine. It may be due to Tablet xarelto.
As tablet xarelto is the blood thinner medication which is usually used to prevent blood clots after major surgery. But it may increases bleeding tendencies. So brown urine may be the side effect of tablet xarelto. Still kindly follow up with a bit more information to rule out other possibilities.
Please let me know does he have burning while urination, fever, abdominal pain?
For further assessment, as per my knowledge I would suggest you to do prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (INR), urine analysis, complete hemogram after detailed medical examination and consulting surgeon opinion. He may require dosage adjustment after consultation.
Along with that kindly watch for other symptoms like nose bleeding, bleeding through gums, black stools.
Hope I have answered your query and let me know if I can assist you further... Thank you.
Regards,
Dr Shyam Kale
May be due to Tablet xarelto. Require further evaluation after consultation
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have gone through your query and here is my advice.
As per your history, brown urine indicates blood in urine. It may be due to Tablet xarelto.
As tablet xarelto is the blood thinner medication which is usually used to prevent blood clots after major surgery. But it may increases bleeding tendencies. So brown urine may be the side effect of tablet xarelto. Still kindly follow up with a bit more information to rule out other possibilities.
Please let me know does he have burning while urination, fever, abdominal pain?
For further assessment, as per my knowledge I would suggest you to do prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (INR), urine analysis, complete hemogram after detailed medical examination and consulting surgeon opinion. He may require dosage adjustment after consultation.
Along with that kindly watch for other symptoms like nose bleeding, bleeding through gums, black stools.
Hope I have answered your query and let me know if I can assist you further... Thank you.
Regards,
Dr Shyam Kale
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
No my husband does not have a fever, abdominal pain or any burning when he urinates. His temperature has been between 98.2 and 98.4. No nose bleeds, bleeding through gums or black stools.
We will follow-up with his internal medicine doctors or Surgeon who performed the surgery as he just had the surgery back on April 30th of this year. His current dosage is 15 mg every twelve hours.
Regards,
Genette Cordova
We will follow-up with his internal medicine doctors or Surgeon who performed the surgery as he just had the surgery back on April 30th of this year. His current dosage is 15 mg every twelve hours.
Regards,
Genette Cordova
Brief Answer:
Then it may be due to tab. xarelto.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for your reply.
Then it may be due to tab. xarelto. Kindly follow all measures as suggested earlier.
Let me know I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shyam Kale
Then it may be due to tab. xarelto.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for your reply.
Then it may be due to tab. xarelto. Kindly follow all measures as suggested earlier.
Let me know I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Shyam Kale
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