PLAVIX helps protect you from a future heart attack or stroke.
In most cases, a heart attack or stroke is caused by a blood clot that reduces or
blocks the flow of blood through an artery. PLAVIX helps keep platelets in the blood
from sticking together and forming blood clots. By keeping your blood flowing, PLAVIX
helps protect you from blood clots and a future heart attack or stroke.
PLAVIX is recommended for people who have suffered from a recent
heart attack or recent stroke, or who have
been diagnosed with Peripheral Artery Disease, or P.A.D., also
known as poor circulation in the legs. Each of these conditions increases
the risk for a future heart attack or stroke.
PLAVIX, taken with aspirin, is also recommended for people who have Acute Coronary
Syndrome (ACS), a diagnosis that includes heart-related chest pain (unstable angina)
and the 2 types of heart attack—acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
("STEMI") and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction ("NSTEMI").
If you have been hospitalized with heart-related chest
pain (unstable angina) or had a STEMI heart attack, you, too,
are at a higher risk for dangerous blood clots and a future heart attack or stroke.
Always talk to your doctor before taking aspirin or other medicines with PLAVIX,
especially if you’ve had a stroke.
PLAVIX has been the focus of extensive research, studies, and scientific findings.
The effectiveness of PLAVIX has been proven and the safety profile supported by 4 large clinical
studies involving 81,000 patients.
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