Posted on 04/04/2024 6:44:50 PM PDT by Mean Daddy
Couple weeks ago, I posted a thread about my COVID and clots.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4225972/posts
Couple things in case others run into a similar situation:
1. I've been on Eliquis now for two weeks, saw the doctor and have swelling in my leg but cleared to becoming more active. I had clots in 5 different veins, arteries in my leg.
2. I'll be on Eliquis for the next 3 months and re-evaluated at that time. Got a $10 co pay from my doctor and its good for two years. My doctor said there's a good chance I'll only be on Eliquis temporarily.
3. Doctor offered up on her own that my clots could be COVID related.
Eliquis is a yuge advance on warfarin.
Nattokinase: An Oral Antithrombotic Agent for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372539/
Efficacy and safety of lumbrokinase plus aspirin versus aspirin alone for acute ischemic stroke (LUCENT): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8996506/
These are just two articles on two enzymes that you can get on Amazon.
There is a whole lot more research on these two at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I’m on Xaralto for keeps for a history of clots before the Clot Shot. Warfarin is awful in comparison.
I take clopidogel (generic plavix)
with no cost on my medicare advantage plan.
I have covid vaccine clots in my leg. They don’t go away in three weeks. I’ve been on Eliquis going on my third year now. I had an ultrasound two weeks ago and the clot was still there. It was smaller…but its going to be at least a year until its clear enough to stop the E.
Eliquis will help prevent new clots, but it doesn’t break down clots that have already formed.
Get the doctors opinion in writing in your record.
$10.00? You have a GREAT Rx plan. Regular retail is about $600 per month.
It’s probably a manufacturer coupon. Usually though, you have to renew them every year, and they are generally not compatible with government-sponsored coverage like Medicare.
100% correct. I have insurance through my employer but I qualify for the $10 co-pay. Don’t really understand why it works with private insurance and not Medicare or others.
Regarding the clot, my leg is still swollen, but the pain is gone. She said they don’t normally do another scan but I’ll go back in, in 3 months for a check up.
I am well aware of that, having been on it for a couple of years.
My point is that in three weeks they will find the clots haven’t changed. This means that you need to continue to keep the blood flowing through the clogged vein without turbulence. It’s the “tumbling” that creates the clots after a DVT.
“Doctor offered up on her own that my clots could be COVID related.”
I wonder if she meant vaccine related.
Don’t bet on the 3 months, my original scrip and plan for eliquis was for 6 months, it’s been 8 and am going for another ultrasound next week and seeing a hematologist to see what he says next week also. The clot is mostly gone but there are still remnants in the vein and the eliquis won’t stop until everything is gone completely.
I did tell her I had the first three shots when first available but she was trying to identify a reason for the start of the clots and I had just started the 3rd week of having COVID when my leg pain started. Prior to COVID, I was walking my dog a mile and a half and walking my treadmill 2.5 miles. COVID hit & knocked me down where I didn’t do anything so she felt my body going from being active to full on stop might have been a contributor too.
I’m sorry - that’s rough. I know what it feels like to feel like a guinea pig.
They can’t combine with Medicare due to legal issues, I believe. The pharma companies would be indirectly altering prices of meds they’ve already agreed to sell to Medicare recipients by handing out those vouchers to public assistance patients. There’s a reason they negotiate drug prices with CMS.
Believe it or not, pharmacies lose money on every prescription. It’s rare to make a buck, even on expensive meds. I’ve ordered drugs where I work, and most of that profit gets eaten by PBMs. Averaged out, in FY 2022, my pharmacy made an average of $0.68 on each prescription. That doesn’t even pay for the bottle it comes in.
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