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Ranolazine (Ranexa) has been approved for the treatment of chronic angina. This new type of drug is prescribed in combination with other anti-angina drugs.

Homocysteine and B Vitamins

Vitamin B supplements do not help prevent heart disease, according to several studies in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers studied whether folic acid, B6, and B12 vitamin supplements could reduce heart disease risk by lowering levels of homocysteine. (Increased levels of this am...

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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 »

Back on Coumadin

By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...that I could save one hundred dollars by using the generic drug, which cost only $20 for a... Read more »

Generic Wellbutrin: A Less Effective Alternative?

By Deborah Gray , Health Expert

I've been taking Wellbutrin (generic name Bupropion) for about seven years, minus the time I was... Read more »

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Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Patient Guide

...together and forming clots in the artery. There is also a prescription antiplatelet called clopidogrel (Plavix). Everyone who has atherosclerosis – including patients with PAD – should be on... Read more »

Stroke Patient Guide, Part II: Diagnosis

...Aspirin may be prescribed after a doctor has carefully evaluated your condition. Clopidogrel (or Plavix) is a medication like aspirin that also inhibits platelet function and may be... 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 »

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Court halts sale of generic Plavix

October 02, 2008

A 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 »

Price check: Plavix

October 02, 2008

A comparison of current prices for Plavix via online U.S. drug distributors. Read summary »

Clinical trial: Plavix versus prasugrel after a cardiac event

October 02, 2008

This is a study to compare the effects of Plavix and prasugrel in people who are already taking Plavix following a cardiac event. This national study... Read summary »

Generic Plavix blocked again

October 03, 2008

A 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, 2009

According to new research, combining the clot-preventing drug Plavix with aspirin is an effective substitute treatment for people at high risk of... Read summary »

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