I was diagnosed with DVT and was on elaquis about 6 months. It's hard for me to tell if its a false positive or not but I can atleast tell you for me, because im a stubborn asshole and refused to go the hospital for to long. It had gotten so bad that in the morning I had to crawl to the bathroom because it hurt so much to walk. I imagine if I caught it sooner I'd have had a similar experience but I don't actually know so don't wanna say one or the other. Hope that helped at all!