Commonly prescribed treatment options to prevent recurrent stroke include aspirin, clopidogrel, and an aspirin/dipyridamole combination. In the double-blind randomized PRoFESS trial, 20,332 ...

Overall, prasugrel may be superior to the approved dose of the older drug, clopidogrel (Plavix), in many cases. But more doctors have been using an initial, higher-than-standard dose of ...

Current evidence seems to indicate that due to individual variability in response to clopidogrel, as many as 30% of patients on maintenance clopidogrel (75 mg/day) may show elevated platelet ...

Medindia neither buys nor sells drugs. Clopidogrel (Clavix) is an anti-platelet agent, that is, a drug that inhibits the ability of platelets to clump together as part of a blood clot. Clopidogrel ...

Five of these medications are evaluated in this report: aspirin, a fixed combination of aspirin plus extended-release dipyridamole (Aggrenox), clopidogrel (Plavix), prasugrel (Effient), and ...

Ginger may enhance the effectiveness of blood pressure medications. It can potentially interfere with angiotensin, a hormone that regulates blood pressure and fluid levels in the body. In the long ...

Plavix, also known by its generic name clopidogrel, is a prescription medication that belongs to a class of drugs called P2Y12 inhibitors. It works by preventing platelets (cells in the blood that ...

An American bodybuilder fainted and was sent to the hospital more than 20 times over 15 years before he finally realised that ...

Rageh Omaar recently suffered a ‘mini stroke’ live on air. But what is it, who is at risk – and is it serious?

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You may need to read it again. PIAX PLUS ASPIRIN 75/100 contains the medicines clopidogrel and aspirin. PIAX PLUS ASPIRIN 75/100 belongs to a group of medicines called anti-platelet medicines ...