Any suggestions for relieving pain from a PE?
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Hi. My mom is currently in a lot of pain from a PE. She is taking pain relievers but it is not helping. I am her caregiver and I want to help her. It is hard to see her hurting so bad. My hope is to find some alternative ways to help reduce and relieve her pain. She is also taking Eliquis. I am wondering if their is a cream I can apply on her or maybe a little heat?? Thank you for your feedback..it is greatly appreciated.
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jen86183 vonetta1977
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Vonetta,
Where is her pain? I had a terrible pain, just under the breast with my P.E. the gave me a shot of morphine at the hospital, it went very quickly with the apixaban they gave me.
moon53540 vonetta1977
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so I got more pain when I took apixaban and I was originally told it was the PEs dispersing, I couldn't tolerate the side effects so changed my medication to injections of tinzaparin and the pain and anxiety completely cleared up also my breathing got a lot better. Apixaban or Eliquis gave me pain in my chest worse than the pain I had from the PEs. I have spoken to other people who agreed that they got chest pain as a side effect from Apixaban too
jimmy72719 vonetta1977
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i remember early on it was very unmanageable... i used a heating pad sometimes but nothing really helped. took a while for the intense pain to subside but it does eventually and youll just be left with some chronic soreness. best wishes to your mom, its tough and a long ride.