Does Plavix Prevent Strokes From Recurring?
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- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
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Prevention
You can help to prevent stroke by controlling risk factors, including high blood pressure, smoking, atrial fibrillation (an abnormal heart rhythm), high cholesterol or atherosclerosis, and diabetes. A healthy lifestyle and taking an aspirin once a day also can help to prevent stroke.
Several medicines used to treat high blood pressure have been shown to have an especially strong benefit in preventing stroke. These medicines include drugs called ACE inhibitors, including enalapril...
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From Our Sources
Plavix plus aspirin lowers stroke risk
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Plavix could keep 'ministrokes' from becoming strokes
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Stroke risk factors and prevention
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
A stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack." There are two major types... Read more »
Study: Cholesterol meds prevent second stroke
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Plavix Oral Uses and How to Use
Source: First DataBank
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