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What Are The Side Effects Of Amiodarone And Eliquis?
Question: My mother has been taking Eliquis & Amiodarone for the past eight months. She went into the hospital in Apr 17 for pneumonia and the doctor there prescribed it for afib. She is 92, and is blind. Weights about 120. Since on this, she has become disoriented, no strength in her legs, falling constantly. She won't live long enough to have a stroke. Hallucinating, loss of memory. Very worried. Before her hospital for pneumonia, was doing well on metoporal and a 325 aspirin. She can't even get to the bathroom anymore. By the way, the doctor who saw her in the hospital and prescribed this has never even seen her since her release. I've got to get her off this. Help!
Brief Answer:
She can continue eliquis or repeat the ECG and Echo before stopping
Detailed Answer:
Hi! Welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thanks for sharing your concerns with us. We will try to help you in best way possible. First of all it's sad to know what your mother had been going through lately.
Based on the history you have shared, the presence of A fib can lead to formation of blood clots in heart which can dislodge to brain vessels to cause stroke.
You are partly right that because of her age risk of stroke outweigh the life expectancy however even though risk of bleed is high with eliquis, still a stroke free life has better quality then with stroke.
Even though she is still not able to walk and carry out her routine at her own still stroke can worsen it further. It's better to repeat an ECG to assess the current heart rythym and echo cardiogram to look for any mural or cardiac thrombus.
Using blood thinners like aspirin may not be sufficient with A fib and using eliquis has only significant side effect in her case is the risk of bleeding. Kindly let her cardiologist and neurologist assess her to compare the risks vs benefits and then decide whether to continue it or not.
Wishing her a steady and better health. Hope this has answered your query. If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. Regards
She can continue eliquis or repeat the ECG and Echo before stopping
Detailed Answer:
Hi! Welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thanks for sharing your concerns with us. We will try to help you in best way possible. First of all it's sad to know what your mother had been going through lately.
Based on the history you have shared, the presence of A fib can lead to formation of blood clots in heart which can dislodge to brain vessels to cause stroke.
You are partly right that because of her age risk of stroke outweigh the life expectancy however even though risk of bleed is high with eliquis, still a stroke free life has better quality then with stroke.
Even though she is still not able to walk and carry out her routine at her own still stroke can worsen it further. It's better to repeat an ECG to assess the current heart rythym and echo cardiogram to look for any mural or cardiac thrombus.
Using blood thinners like aspirin may not be sufficient with A fib and using eliquis has only significant side effect in her case is the risk of bleeding. Kindly let her cardiologist and neurologist assess her to compare the risks vs benefits and then decide whether to continue it or not.
Wishing her a steady and better health. Hope this has answered your query. If you have any more questions please feel free to ask. Regards
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