Lied to by Doc "I Think"

[Rafterman]

Hello,

Without going into detail I broke my leg and caught a painful blood clot... I seen a doc that upped a dose of xarelto and would not prescribe a pain pill because it interferes with the xarelto...

I called BS and searched for the interactions and come up with aspirin as a no-no because of bleeding but nothing on opioids mind you I take aspirin and he said nothing about stopping it... So do you think this Doc is lying or do you have info that he is  right???

Thanks for sharing...

Howdy Skink,
Xarelto shouldn't be taken with any NSAID because of the increased bleeding risk, but is okay to take with opioids (as long as the opioid isn't partnered with an NSAID, of course).  Since most opioids are partnered with acetaminophen, there was no contraindication present and you should have been good to go. Your doc certainly sounds like he is shoveling it if he lets you stay on aspirin, while telling you that pk narcotics are contraindicated with Xarelto. I would question him again about the whole thing. Regards,  RM