PLAVIX (clopidogrel bisulfate)
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How PLAVIX Differs From Other Heart Medicines

Many people take cholesterol and blood pressure medicines to help reduce their risk of a heart attack or stroke. While reducing high blood pressure and cholesterol is important, it's also important to address clots—the direct cause of most heart attacks and strokes.

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Blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart-related medicines may be an important part of your treatment plan, but, unlike PLAVIX, they don't directly reduce the risk of clots—the cause of more than 85% of heart attacks and strokes.

Many blood pressure and cholesterol medicines do not work to reduce clot formation. PLAVIX, unlike blood pressure and cholesterol medicines, works to help keep platelets from sticking together and forming clots. That's why PLAVIX, in combination with your other heart medicines, as prescribed by your doctor, may be right for you.

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How blood pressure and cholesterol medicines work

All blood pressure medicines work to lower blood pressure, but they do so in different ways. Some lower blood volume, whereas others expand blood vessels or loosen the "grip" or stress on a blood vessel. Many cholesterol-lowering drugs work by helping to reduce the buildup of plaque and to limit the production of new cholesterol. But these medicines don't directly reduce the risk of clots—the cause of more than 85% of heart attacks and strokes.


Platelets can stick together and form clots
See how platelets can stick together, forming clots

PLAVIX works differently than blood pressure and cholesterol medicines

PLAVIX is proven to help keep platelets from sticking together and forming clots. This enables blood to flow more easily, helping to reduce the risk of a future heart attack or stroke.

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