I tried Xarelto and it produced a lot of new pain so I quit. I then went to Pradaxa which has given me indigestion and a bunch of other unwanted side effects so I'm quitting it and going back to Coumadin.

Although I enjoyed the freedom of not watching what I ate and other freedoms I was always a bit afraid of the dangers these new anti-coags have associated with them----- mainly no easy way to reverse any bleeding that might occur.

That's just my opinion and I'm sure there are plenty of other who might feel differently.

Cave, I was wondering how you were doing on xarelto. I have an annual wellness visit with my doc next month; last year he said he wasn't ready to prescribe xarelto to his patients but that maybe in a year or two, once it has been on the market for a bit we could talk about making the switch if I wanted to. I'm going to ask him where he stands on that right now but I think I'm still not there yet. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't, as the saying goes.

I know that the original poster here clotted while on warfarin so that does kind of force your had a bit.

I hope it was ok to post that, just wanted people who were on Xeralto to know about it.
When I was in the ER, the vascular surgeon and then the hospitalist both made it sound like Xeralto was about the only non-surgical, non-invasive option...

@rmb
I stopped Xarelto a few months ago and started Pradaxa. Both gave unwanted side effects---- enough to make me 'almost eager' to go back to Coumadin for which I already have started the ramp down/ramp up process from Pradaxa. In two days I'll be back to Coumadin only and back to testing my INR with my home monitor weekly.

I do agree with your doctor wanting to wait. But "Never venture, never know" (grin)

@BillyMinder----- Xarelto seems to be favored slightly over Pradaxa (for reasons I've forgotten). Good luck on your course of Xarelto.

BillyMinder, I think it was nice to post that. There's no right or wrong thing to take, just a preference and knowing the options.

Thanks rmb.
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Hello-

I'm new to this forum. I have been on Xalerto since Sept 9, 2014 the day my life change forever-being diagnosed with PE in both lungs and have no adverse side affects whatsoever. I was given a medical death sentence by the docs and radiologist but God has other plans! :-)

I see my provider in a week for my 6 month follow-up to undergo another CT scan and ultra sound with my legs. I'm a runner, so running basically saved my life I was told. I'll soon learn whether I need to continue on xalerto or whether they will take me off, since I inherited PE from my mother who died from the same medical condition PE that I now live with.