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Experts Offer Clarity on Confusion Surrounding Stents - Washington Post

For that reason, the FDA recommends that patients who receive drug-eluting stents be placed on dual anti-platelet therapy -- typically Plavix (clopidogrel) ...

Posted: Fri Feb 22 16:37:25 -0500 2008

Restricted or delayed access to clopidogrel drives deaths poststenting - TheHeart.Org

Montreal, QC - Insurance drug plans that restrict or delay access to clopidogrel poststenting may significantly increase the risk of mortality, ...

http://www.theheart.org/article/8... | Posted: Fri Feb 15 10:23:32 -0500 2008

Lipitor's Superior Effect on Mortality Over Sales-Leading Plavix ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Physicians in the United States and Europe acknowledge that cost is a significant obstacle to prescribing clopidogrel. Additionally, with clinical trial ...

http://sev.prnewswire.com/biotech... | Posted: Mon Feb 11 09:06:15 -0500 2008

Patients at risk of adverse events within 3 months after stopping ... - News-Medical.net

Patients who receive the anti-platelet medication clopidogrel following an acute coronary syndrome (such as heart attack) appear to be at greater risk of a ...

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=3... | Posted: Thu Feb 07 22:25:04 -0500 2008

Cogentus Pharmaceuticals Names Scientific Steering Committee for ... - FOXBusiness

The ongoing COGENT program will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Cogentus's lead product, CGT-2168, which combines the antiplatelet medicine clopidogrel ...

http://www.foxbusiness.com/articl... | Posted: Fri Feb 08 22:59:05 -0500 2008

Stopping Plavix Doubles Risk of Heart Attack or Death for 90 Days ... - Angioplasty.Org

The increased risk occurred whether or not patients had received stents and was similar for all durations of clopidogrel therapy studied: from less than six ...

http://www.ptca.org/news/2008/020... | Posted: Tue Feb 05 18:40:26 -0500 2008

Risk of Stopping Clopidogrel After Heart Attack, Cannabis and Gum ... - Insider Medicine

... at particularly high risk of developing another heart attack or dying in the 30 days after they stop taking the anti-clotting medication clopidogrel. ...

http://www.insidermedicine.ca/arc... | Posted: Tue Feb 05 16:52:22 -0500 2008

Rebound effect on stopping clopidogrel - TheHeart.Org

Denver, CO - A clustering of adverse events in the initial 90 days after stopping clopidogrel among both medically treated and PCI-treated patients with ACS ...

http://www.theheart.org/article/8... | Posted: Tue Feb 05 16:06:29 -0500 2008

When Clopidogrel Stops, ACS Patients Have 90-Day Spike in MI and Death - MedPage Today

5 -- Acute coronary syndrome patients who stop clopidogrel (Plavix) therapy are at risk for acute myocardial infarction or death, particularly for the first ...

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardi... | Posted: Tue Feb 05 17:52:23 -0500 2008

Patients undergoing cerebrovascular stent placement respond poorly ... - HULIQ

Clopidogrel (Plavix) and aspirin are medications routinely prescribed for 1-3 months following cerebrovascular stent placement to combat the risk of blood ...

http://www.huliq.com/49620/patien... | Posted: Wed Feb 06 07:47:57 -0500 2008




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