Plavix Facts
Clinical trial: Plavix versus prasugrel after a cardiac event
October 02, 2008
Expert & Community Posts
Drug Coated Stents
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...The risk came mainly to those who went off their Plavix, an anti-clotting drug.Multiple studies... Read more »
The Future of Health Care: The Changing Doctor-Patient Relationship
By HeartHawk , Health ExpertThis blog is being written as I sit in the auditorium of the MaRS Center attending the "Medicine... Read more »
Russert's Death Deemed Preventable: What You Need to Ask Your Doctor
By Dr. William Davis , Health ExpertMr. Russert had a heart scan in 1998. Score: 210. What does that mean?It means that Mr. Russert’s... Read more »
Health Guide
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: 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 »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 »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Surgery
...shortly after angioplasty. A number of anticlotting drugs are used to reduce this risk. Clopidogrel (Plavix) is often given along with aspirin and thrombolytic drugs (such as abciximab) in the... 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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Price check: Plavix
October 02, 2008A comparison of current prices for Plavix via online U.S. drug distributors. Read summary »
Court halts sale of generic Plavix
October 02, 2008A U.S. judge has granted a request from drugmakers Sanofi-Aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. to block sales of a generic formula of their... Read summary »
Generic Plavix blocked again
October 03, 2008A U.S. judge has blocked a Canadian company's attempts to market a generic form of Plavix. Drugmaker Apotex, Inc. had intended to sell a version of... Read summary »
Plavix plus aspirin lowers stroke risk
April 01, 2009According to new research, combining the clot-preventing drug Plavix with aspirin is an effective substitute treatment for people at high risk of... Read summary »
Plavix, heartburn drug combo boosts risks after heart attack: study
March 04, 2009People who suffer a heart attack and are given a combination of Plavix and a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) such as Prilosec or Nexium may increase... Read summary »
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