Description
Brand name: Lavix 75
Active substance: Clopidogrel Bisulfate
Packaging: alu strip 10 x 75mg 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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