Replied by AZJJ from AZ on 12/24/2023

I have Leiden V... I didn't know this, and had no issues with it, until I developed a nasty DVT in my rt leg, above knee down to ankle... I doubt Leiden V was the sole cause, I also had knee injury that pretty much immobilized the leg, AND... was just starting testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), which has clotting as a potential side effect... the combo of the three factors was too much.

I refused taking Eliquis, Xarelto or Warfarin, which caused my doctors to go bananas, several dropped me as a patient... but used Lumbrokinase and Serrapeptase to pretty much dissolve the DVT in 2.5 months... unfortunately, the DVT caused some pretty bad damage to my vascular systems in the leg... so I still get a "wooden" feeling often and have lots of purple veins showing in my rt ankle. I still take Lumbrokinase several times/week... and am taking aspirin pretty much daily, from 1 to 4 baby aspirin daily... I would take serrapeptase too, but don't want to thin my blood too much, as I regularly take vitamin E too. I work on the treadmill often, seems to help a lot in rebuilding the leg muscles and veins, the leg was badly atrophied after the clot... (inactivity) still is a bit more red than the lt leg...circulation not fully recovered and it may never be... and a bit bigger in the calf area.

The Imbecile Docs that gave me testosterone never bothered to check for Leiden V first. :-(

Replied by Paschall from Tx on 05/28/2026

Where do you purchase what you take Im tired of all these blood thinners I've been on eliquis for years it's got to break the blood down, I know cumidin does for sure, I personally know someone that it did I don't want to be the next one