* For this use, Plavix is taken with aspirin. The active ingredient in Plavix is clopidogrel. (An active ingredient is what makes a drug work.) It belongs to a group of drugs known as antiplatelet ...
Combining Plavix with alcohol, NSAIDs, anticoagulants, SSRIs, or SNRIs may increase the risk of bleeding. It’s important that you talk with your doctor about safe medication consumption levels and ...
If you're taking Plavix to prevent a heart attack or stroke, lay off the Prilosec, the Food and Drug Administration says. It turns out that the popular heartburn pill Prilosec cuts the effectiveness ...
Patients should avoid using the stomach acid reducer Prilosec/Prilosec OTC (omeprazole) with the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), the Food and Drug Administration warned on Nov. 17. New data ...
The blood thinner Plavix may reduce the rare but deadly risks of drug-coated stents, but major questions remain, according to new research. Stents are tiny mesh tubes used to prop open an artery after ...
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The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix, cautioning that some patients do not respond to the blockbuster blood thinner. The FDA said in a statement ...
The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix after reports that some patients cannot process the blood thinning drug. The FDA says certain patients with a ...
The blood thinner Plavix may reduce the rare but deadly risks of drug-coated stents, but major questions remain, according to new research. Stents are tiny mesh tubes used to prop open an artery after ...
Plavix can interact with certain medications like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), certain antidepressants, and others. These interactions can reduce its effectiveness or increase risk ...
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