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Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Eliquis-4

Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Eliquis as follows: Use an electric razor, while shaving, as shaving with a regular razor carries a significant risk for sustaining cuts and consequent bleeding. Watch for hard surfaces around during ambulation and avoid knocking against them. Senior citizens have a tender skin and bumping into such surfaces can result in bleeding into the skin. Sometimes, the bleeding can be profuse and alarming. Closely follow [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Eliquis-3

Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Eliquis as follows: If you are being scheduled for any surgical procedure, Eliquis must be discontinued, a few days before the scheduled date for surgery. Eliquis can be started back again after the surgical procedure, upon your doctor’s recommendation. Discuss with your doctors and other health care team members regarding your schedule on discontinuing Eliquis and starting back on it. Watch out closely for any [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Eliquis-2

Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Eliquis as follows: Maintain a close watch for symptoms of hypotension, such as, confusion and dizziness along with symptoms of anemia, such as, pale skin, exacerbation of shortness of breath, poor endurance, and fatigue. These symptoms in individuals taking Eliquis could be secondary to an undiagnosed internal bleed with loss of blood and should be immediately reported. Maintain strict compliance with intake of Eliquis as [...]

Precautions to be Exercised While Taking Eliquis-1

Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while taking Eliquis as follows: Patients taking Eliquis can present with nose bleeds at the slightest injury. Avoid excessive sneezing and nose picking, which can result in heavy nose bleeds. Also, avoid exposure to extreme cold climate, as the weather in cold seasons dry the mucus membrane out, thus damaging the integrity of nasal mucosa and resulting in nasal bleeds, that can be difficult to stop. Patients [...]

Contraindications for Using Eliquis-2

Patient was educated on contraindications for using Eliquis as follows: Eliquis should be avoided in individuals with valvular heart disease and with prosthetic heart valves. Use of Eliquis in such individuals carries a significant risk for clot formation and consequent embolism. Eliquis should be avoided or used with extreme caution in individuals with history of brain and spinal surgeries, as Eliquis can result in spinal cord blood clot formation, resulting in excruciating pain in the [...]