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Is it ok to take Pradaxa 150mg just once daily? It has reduced my side effects greatly?

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Hey guys

Hope all is well.

Since I was diagnosed with a DVT 6 years ago, I have been on and off different blood thinners all of which of getting me unbearable side effects of head racing depression and anxiety including physical side effects.

However Pradaxa seems to be currently the one with the least of them but still inhibits them. As I am taking 150 mg is it ok to take it just once daily I do to prevent DVT prophylaxis?

It's a very broad question but I really really need advice because my doctors and GPS don't seem to be doing anything about it. I'm also type 1 diabetic and as far as I know it was unprovoked DVT.

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  • charlene85909
    charlene85909 Guest

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    I have been on it since August 2017.  I find it makes me very tired. I also have rash blotches . My bones ach alot.  It's a pain to take twice a day. I think if you are taking it once a day why can't they change the dose  in half and still take it twice. I believe we take it every 12 hours to make sure its in our system and has not worn off. Talk to your doctor before doing something.  

  • bowman
    bowman Guest

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    My husband had the same problem. He was on warfarin and the side effects were terrible. It took us 3 years of badgering to get to see a heamatologist, who tried both rivaroxiban and then apixaban

    The apixaban doesn't seem so bad, but he still gets skin problems with lots of itching.

    The Doctors say it isn't the drug, but when he was off it for three weeks while having an operation, the side effects disappeared entirely!

    Good luck in finding an answer.

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