Hi! I was prescribed Xarelto for my bilateral PE. I have been on it since December 20th, and have had no side effects and no bruising. I take karate and have gone back to class, so no bruising is a pretty big statement. I do make sure I take it with food and about the same time every day, but I don't have to worry about what I eat or what my lINR level is, which I think is a significant advantage over Coumadin. The orthopedic PA told me he would put his mom on it (I assume he likes his mom, LOL), which made me feel better about my decision to go on this med instead of Coumadin.

As for the anxiety, I think time will take care of it as you heal. I read somewhere (I wish I could find the site again so I could post it) that at six weeks after the PE the chances of the clots moving or breaking off are greatly reduced. That was my biggest worry, so when I hit the six week mark I started relaxing about that more. I don't think my PEs were massive, so I am not going to try to give you any advice on dealing with it, because I haven't had your experience and I don't want to accidentally belittle what you feel. I think others on this forum may be able to offer better advice. I do hope you feel better soon.

Thank you Pfuentes! I am glad to hear someone else is on Xarelto. Even happier to hear that after 6 weeks you are doing Karate! Since you said his mom and not mother in law Inthink you are right.....it must be safe!

Have a great day and continued great recovery!

John

Jennis, there are some folks on the DVT community who are also doing the new anticoagulants, so it may be worth checking out that site as well.

Thank you.....I will,look over there too!

Being on Xarelto (or one of the other new anti-coags) is attractive and a big selling point is the "no INR" testing.

But that also means that there's no regular monitoring of 'how you're doing'.

Patients taking warfarin require close monitoring and regular blood tests as well as dietary and lifestyle changes. As annoying as those are----- it gives the patient and their doctors (and the ER docs, if needed) more control.

The 'good' results from Xarelto vs. warfarin shown in a trial, can't remember which one, were because the patients on warfarin were poorly controlled ones. That sorta stacks the deck in favor of Xarelto.

But I do remember reading, I think, that X. has less either GI bleeding or brain bleeds.

I'll wait until these newer anti-coags have been tested on the general population longer before I'll move onto one.