Clopidogrel (Clopicard 75mg) is an anti-platelet agent, that is, a drug that inhibits the ability of platelets to clump together as part of a blood clot. Clopidogrel (Clopicard 75mg) is prescribed ...

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NEW ORLEANS, LA—The debate over the use of pharmacogenomic- or pharmacodynamic-tailored antiplatelet therapy continues to be a subject of interest at ACC.11, the American College of Cardiology’s 60 th ...

Current evidence seems to indicate that due to individual variability in response to clopidogrel, as many as 30% of patients on maintenance clopidogrel (75 mg/day) may show elevated platelet ...

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 ...

Baseline clinical characteristics were well balanced between the 2 groups (Table 1), and both groups received similar treatments following baseline angiography (Table 2). Although nonsignificant, ...

Plavix (clopidogrel) can cause side effects that range from mild to serious. More common side effects include bruising, bleeding, and itching. If side effects from Plavix become difficult to tolerate, ...

Researchers at 37 sites in South Korea have found patients taking clopidogrel after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...