Description
Brand name: Various brand (exact brand depend on availability)
Active substance: Losartan Potassium
Packaging: blister 10 x 50 mg tablets
Shipped from: India
Clopidogrel is the only antiplatelet medication approved by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk of heart attack,
stroke, or vascular death in patients with established peripheral
arterial disease (PAD).
Clopidogrel is a prescription medication that when taken daily can
help reduce your risk of having a future heart attack or stroke. It is
recommended for people who have suffered from a recent heart attack or
recent stroke, or who have peripheral artery disease (P.A.D.)?poor
circulation in the legs that may cause pain during exercise, such as
walking, and may be relieved by rest.
Clopidogrel, taken with
aspirin, is also recommended for people who have been hospitalized with
heart-related chest pain or had a certain type of heart
attack?conditions doctors call acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Clopidogrel
helps keep platelets in the blood from sticking together and forming
clots, which helps keep your blood flowing. This helps protect you from
a future heart attack or stroke. Clopidogrel is proven to help keep
platelets from sticking together and forming clots. This helps blood
flow more easily, reducing the risk of a future heart attack or stroke.
Platelets can stick together and form clots.
Clot formation is a
natural defense mechanism of the body, to protect you from excessive
bleeding in the case of an injury. When you cut yourself, particles in
your blood called platelets stick together to form a clot. Clot
formation can also be triggered by the rupture of plaque, which is a
buildup of cholesterol and other materials in the walls of the
arteries. When platelets clump together on or near the plaque, they can
form a clot that may limit or completely stop the flow of blood to
various parts of the body. If a clot forms in an artery leading to the
heart, heart-related chest pain or a heart attack can occur. If a clot
forms in an artery leading to the brain, a stroke can occur. Most consensus-based therapeutic guidelines recommend the use of
clopidogrel, over aspirin, in patients requiring antiplatelet therapy
but with a history of gastric ulceration, due to the lower incidence of
gastric ulceration associated with the use of clopidogrel vs aspirin. A
recent study has shown that in patients with healed aspirin-induced
ulcers, however, patients receiving aspirin plus the proton pump
inhibitor esomeprazole had a lower incidence of recurrent ulcer
bleeding than patients receiving clopidogrel.
Before taking any prescription medicine, it is important that you consult your doctor!
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