Plavix Treats What?
Pronounced: (klo-PIDD-oh-grell)
Uses
Clopidogrel is used to prevent heart attacks and strokes in persons with heart disease (recent heart attack), recent stroke, or blood circulation disease (peripheral vascular disease).
It is also used with aspirin to treat new/worsening chest pain (new heart attack, unstable angina) and to keep blood vessels open and prevent blood clots after certain procedures (such as cardiac stent, coronary artery bypass graft-CABG,...
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New Drug Brilinta More Effective Than Plavix
A new anti-clotting drug called Brilinta (ticagrelor) performed better than the commonly used blood thinner Plavix (clopidogrel) in a recent clinical... Read more »
New blood thinner may beat Plavix in angioplasty patients
Treatment with the new antiplatelet drug prasugrel (Effient) may be more effective than the standard treatment drug Plavix at protecting against... Read more »
Plavix plus aspirin lowers stroke risk
According to new research, combining the clot-preventing drug Plavix with aspirin is an effective substitute treatment for people at high risk of... Read more »
Plavix, heartburn drug combo boosts risks after heart attack: ...
People 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 more »
Study: Plavix should be stopped before heart surgery
A new study has found supporting evidence for guidelines that recommend patients stop taking the blood thinner Plavix before undergoing bypass... Read more »
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