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anyone dealing with ITCHING SKIN from Eliquis blood thinner med? (Original Post) Grasswire2 Dec 2023 OP
been taking it for 2 years...I do have afib... bahboo Dec 2023 #1
I have itchy skin from other things. I find that the Gold Bond's medicated powder really Maraya1969 Dec 2023 #2
thanks for the tip Grasswire2 Dec 2023 #3
I had some itching before Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 #4
where was the stent placed? Just curious Grasswire2 Dec 2023 #5
Right coronary artery Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 #6
are you also taking aspirin? Grasswire2 Jan 2024 #7
Nope Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 #8

bahboo

(16,375 posts)
1. been taking it for 2 years...I do have afib...
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 07:27 PM
Dec 2023

no side effects, but of course, we're all different. I rarely notice side effects from drugs...

Maraya1969

(22,508 posts)
2. I have itchy skin from other things. I find that the Gold Bond's medicated powder really
Fri Dec 22, 2023, 11:04 PM
Dec 2023

helps. It has menthol like stuff in it. Anyway sometimes I go nuts and I can't sleep because of itching and the gold bond helps. I haven't done this in a while because I can't use my tub now but taking a bath in epsom salts used to help too. I think it is because epsom salts draws things out of your skin.

Good luck to you

Jilly_in_VA

(10,020 posts)
4. I had some itching before
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 12:07 PM
Dec 2023

but yeah, since Eliquis it's been worse. I'm supposed to be off it in 2 more months. The dr. is holding it over my head that the alternative is Coumadin (aka warfarin or rat poison). I better be off it in 2 more months or I am going to kill him! I can stand the itching for that much longer but no longer. I had a stent and that's the penalty. I do not and never have had a-fib.

Gold Bond isn't worth the powder to blow it to Pittsburgh, as far as I'm concerned. Not for this. Benadryl helps a tiny but but not much.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
5. where was the stent placed? Just curious
Sun Dec 24, 2023, 05:52 PM
Dec 2023

I had an angioplasty to improve blood flow to lower extremities a few days after the pacemaker. What I really need is to deal with plaque at the bifurcation of my right carotid artery, but doctor says the location makes that procedure too risky for a stroke.

Jilly_in_VA

(10,020 posts)
6. Right coronary artery
Mon Dec 25, 2023, 01:37 PM
Dec 2023

The left side is essentially blocked off, per the cardiologist, but with the stent the right side is compensating very well, so he says I have a good few years left if I mind my diet and exercise.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
7. are you also taking aspirin?
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 10:04 PM
Jan 2024

I am on low-dose aspirin (for blood flow following angioplasty lower extremities 9 months ago) AND Eliquis for blood flow to prevent stroke. That's what my vascular surgeon says.

I have little pock marks all over from scratching.(not my face, thankfully) I can't take it any more.

My primary doc suggests the supplement quercetin for it. I will try, but lordy, lordy,

Jilly_in_VA

(10,020 posts)
8. Nope
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 11:42 PM
Jan 2024

Plavix and Eliquis. I have switched to an oatmeal soap and it's slightly better but still not gone. I hate Eliquis.

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