Early dual antiplatelet therapy shows superior efficacy in reducing stroke recurrence compared with aspirin monotherapy.

Patients who take a commonly prescribed drug have been warned of four potential side effects. According to the NHS, these ...

A recent opinion paper concluded that timely revascularization and dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) are crucial in the ...

Clopidogrel is a generic prescription medication. It is FDA-approved to help prevent cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in certain adults. Specifically, clopidogrel is approved to ...

Giving morphine and clopidogrel simultaneously to patients who present with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes is associated with an increased risk of ischemic events in the first few ...

Are you taking Clopidogrel? Are you aware of the dangers of combining Clopidogrel with certain foods, herbs, or alcohol? Drug-food-interactions are seldom discussed but can lead to undesirable side ...

Dual antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel plus low-dose aspirin has not been studied in a broad population of patients at high risk for atherothrombotic events. We randomly assigned 15,603 patients ...

In patients who develop a hypersensitivity reaction to clopidogrel soon after stenting, a short course of oral corticosteroids usually allows them to continue the antiplatelet therapy without ...

Ticagrelor is an oral, reversible, direct-acting inhibitor of the adenosine diphosphate receptor P2Y12 that has a more rapid onset and more pronounced platelet inhibition than clopidogrel. At 12 ...

It isn’t known for sure whether it’s safe to take clopidogrel during pregnancy. The drug’s clinical trials didn’t include people who were pregnant or breastfeeding. In animal studies, there was also ...

The antiplatelet drug clopidogrel helps prevent stent-associated thrombosis, but the antiplatelet effects are quite variable and the clinical consequences can be serious. New findings show that the ...