Heart medication information for patients taking PLAVIX® (clopidogrel bisulfate)...

For U.S. Residents Only

Already Taking PLAVIX

Your doctor may have prescribed PLAVIX if you have had a recent heart attack, a recent stroke, or have been diagnosed with Peripheral Artery Disease, or P.A.D. (also known as poor circulation in the legs).

PLAVIX helps reduce your future risk of a heart attack or stroke

PLAVIX is proven to help keep platelets in the blood from sticking together and forming clots—the cause of most heart attacks and strokes.

PLAVIX starts working soon after you take it and will continue to help protect you as long as you take it as your doctor prescribes. Your doctor may have prescribed PLAVIX and aspirin if you’ve been hospitalized with heart-related chest pain or had a heart attack—what your doctor calls ACS (acute coronary syndrome). Always talk to your doctor before taking aspirin or another heart medication with PLAVIX, especially if you’ve had a stroke.

What to do next:

Learn about the importance of
staying on PLAVIX

Your risk of a future heart attack or stroke never goes away, even if you feel better.

Other heart medication with PLAVIX?

Other heart medications may not work to stop platelets from sticking together and forming clots. See how different medications work using the Interactive Medications Chart.

PLAVIX works to help stop clot formation

Blood pressure and cholesterol medicines used as heart medication do not directly address the formation of clots, which are the cause of most heart attacks and strokes.

Important Safety Information: Certain genetic factors and some medicines such as Prilosec reduce the effect of PLAVIX leaving you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke. Your doctor may use genetic tests to determine treatment. Don't stop taking PLAVIX without talking to your doctor as your risk of heart attack or stroke may increase. People with stomach ulcers or conditions that cause bleeding should not use PLAVIX. Taking PLAVIX alone or with some other medicines, including aspirin, may increase bleeding risk, so tell your doctor when planning surgery. Tell your doctor all medicines you take, including aspirin, especially if you've had a stroke. If fever, unexplained weakness or confusion develops, tell your doctor promptly. These may be signs of TTP, a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, reported sometimes less than 2 weeks after starting PLAVIX. Other rare but serious side effects may occur.

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