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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 05:46AM |
Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 924 |
There are several reasons to take a blood thinner, mostly evaluated with your CHADS/VASC score. Having ectopics counts for nothing.
It's usual taking a blood thinner for some months after ablation.
I don't know if there are other reasons for your to carry on taking eliquis longer than that. Your EP knows for sure.
It's usual taking a blood thinner for some months after ablation.
I don't know if there are other reasons for your to carry on taking eliquis longer than that. Your EP knows for sure.
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 02:16PM |
Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 131 |
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 02:52PM |
Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 783 |
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 04:05PM |
Admin Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 5,377 |
If you're a CHADS 0 and beyond three months post-ablation, your EP will probably be okay with you stopping. The ectopics don't matter. But NLAMA has a point about Eliquis and COVID. I wouldn't be in a rush to stop it right now. If you do stop it, consider keeping what you have left over and maybe even refilling it for another month or two and keeping those bottles on hand.
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 04:21PM |
Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 131 |
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 06:38PM |
Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 783 |
Thrombosis in covid is well documented. So much so I've been worried that people that don't need anticoags like us AF'rs would get it as a prophylactic.
Keep a stock on hand if you can and don't toss them.
Even if off of them, I plan to take anti-coags before any long plane trips on top of being ultra-hydrated and giving blood prior to the trip.
Keep a stock on hand if you can and don't toss them.
Even if off of them, I plan to take anti-coags before any long plane trips on top of being ultra-hydrated and giving blood prior to the trip.
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 06:59PM |
Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 524 |
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 09:27PM |
Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 783 |
BettyLou - True - heparin is the preference in hospital setting. But in my case I'm going with what I have control over considering that the carelessness occurring all around us may result in a tsunami when compared to the first wave. Getting an MD or a hospital bed may not be possible if things get really bad. If I'm wrong, I still have Eliquis for what it's prescribed for and have wasted about $500 stocking up on drugs in case hospitals are full.
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Re: Ectopics September 26, 2020 10:32PM |
Admin Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 5,377 |
The anticoagulants used for AF aren't the preferred choice in COVID treatment, but it's what we've got. No doctor is going to give you a prescription for heparin because it's administered by injection and requires monitoring. Lovanox is a substitute and also injected but it can be self-administered at home. But I doubt any doctor would give you a Lovanox prescription as a prophylactic for COVID.
So the NOACs are probably better than nothing.
So the NOACs are probably better than nothing.
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Re: Ectopics October 03, 2020 02:06AM |
Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 1,102 |
Low molecular weight heparin is an injection with a VERY short half-life and requires constant monitoring of something called activated clotting time (ACT) in a hospital setting only. It’s only ever used in a surgical setting and isn’t a long-term anticoagulant. You’d kill yourself with it. Quickly.
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