Your Side Effects May IncludeXarelto side effects
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This side effect is printed on the FDA label for Xarelto. It was a question in our daily quiz, where you pick the real side effect from four choices.
Bleeding around the spine after an epidural
It's a boxed warning. The bleeding can cause long-term or permanent paralysis.
“Epidural or spinal hematomas have occurred in patients treated with XARELTO who are receiving neuraxial anesthesia or undergoing spinal puncture.”
Tell every doctor you take it before an epidural or spinal tap. Don't stop on your own: stopping early raises stroke risk.
71 reports to the FDA's adverse event system mention spinal or epidural bleeding. A report is not proof the drug caused it. See the query
From quiz No. 13 · October 7, 2026 · Play that quiz →
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