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8% of people taking Plavix had a heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular-related death
Drugs and Supplements Clopidogrel (Oral Route) Proper Use Drug information provided by: Merative, Micromedex ® Take this medicine exactly as directed
Clopidogrel is used to lower your risk of having a stroke, blood clot, or serious heart problem after you've had a heart attack, severe chest pain (angina), or
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The role of antiplatelets for the secondary prevention of ischemic stroke (IS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) is well established 1–3; still the antiplatelet
The impression I get is that clopidogrel is better but more expensive than aspirin and so the doctors tend to stick with aspirin
In vitro platelet studies have demonstrated increased platelet reactivity after antiplatelet medication withdrawal
Stents without a drug coating are called bare-metal stents
Clopidogrel is used to lower your risk of having a stroke, blood clot, or serious heart problem after you've had a heart attack, severe chest pain (angina), or circulation problems
When a platelet detects a damaged area of a blood vessel, it produces a chemical
Called late stent thrombosis, such clots can cause a heart attack or cardiac arrest
It reduces the chance that a harmful blood clot will form by preventing platelets from clumping together in the blood
The benefit of this drug for patients who Elective dental treatments have traditionally been deferred for patients with unstable angina and postponed for six weeks after myocardial infarction or bare-metal stent placement or for six Clopidogrel (Plavix) Clopidogrel (Plavix®) is an antiplatelet drug you can take to prevent blood clots
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One of these will be given in combination with aspirin, usually for the first year after your heart attack when your risk of blood clots is higher (though this can vary depending on other I had a heart attack
Clopidogrel is used to lower your risk of having a stroke, blood clot, or serious heart problem after you've had a heart attack, severe chest pain (angina), or circulation problems