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Health Encyclopedia: Heart Attack And Acute Coronary Syndrome Medications

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Thrombolytic, also called clot-busting or fibrinolytic, drugs are now mainstays in the early treatment of many patients with heart attacks. These drugs dissolve the clot, or thrombus, responsible for causing artery blockage and heart-muscle tissue death.

Specific Thrombolytics

The standard thrombolytic drugs are recombinant tissue plasminogen activators or rt-PAs. They include alteplase (Activase and reteplase (Retavase). Both are similar in effectiveness, although reteplase is easier t...

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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 »

Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Highlights

...have had a severe heart attack and lower-risk patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).Clopidogrel (Plavix) and aspirin may not work as well as aspirin alone in preventing a first heart attack,... Read more »

Stroke Medications

...for bleeding in patients with hemorrhagic stroke and can be dangerous.Thienopyridines. Clopidogrel (Plavix) and ticlopidine (Ticlid) are antiplatelet drugs known as thienopyridines. (Clopidogrel... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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