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Health Encyclopedia: Heart Attack And Acute Coronary Syndrome Highlights
- Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome - Highlights
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Vitamin B
Folic acid and vitamin B supplements do not help prevent second heart attacks, suggest a 2006 study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Moreover, high doses of these vitamins may be harmful for patients who have stents in their coronary arteries.
NSAIDs and COX-2 Inhibitors
People who have previously had a heart attack should not take pain medication like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) or celecoxib (Celebrex) without first talking to their doctor. Research presented at the Americ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Can Xanax and Klonopin Help Treat Depression and Panic Disorder?
By Chris Ballas, M.D. , Health ExpertI am suffering from extreme chronic depression and panic disorder. Can Xanax and Klonopin... Read more »
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Coronary Artery Disease: Highlights
...disease, rather than a cause of it.Aspirin and ClopidogrelA combination of aspirin and clopidogrel (Plavix) may not work better than aspirin alone for patients at risk for a first heart attack or... Read more »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Medications
...a severe heart attack. Several 2005 studies have indicated that the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel (Plavix) can help prevent arteries from reclosing, and a second heart attack, when given along... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Anti-Clotting Medications
...the hospital and are used after angioplasty surgeryand stent placement.Thienopyridines. Clopidogrel (Plavix) and ticlopidine (Ticlid) are powerful oral platelet inhibitors. Click the icon to see... Read more »Premenstrual Syndrome: Treatment
Some experts recommend a gradual approach for treatment of symptoms that meet the full criteria for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).First-line therapies... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Medications
...and, when used in early PAD, may prevent clots from forming in the veins.Clopidogrel. Clopidogrel (Plavix) is a powerful type of drug called a thienopyridine. Some experts recommend it for... Read more »Medications
Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease (recent... Read more »
Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease (recent... Read more »
Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease (recent... Read more »
Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease (recent... Read more »
Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease (recent... Read more »
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