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Using other medications along with PLAVIX?

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

The Importance of Staying on PLAVIX

 

It’s important to follow your doctor’s recommendations. Once you have had a heart attack or stroke, your risk of a future heart attack or stroke never goes away, even if you feel better. So ask your doctor about the importance of an antiplatelet medication like PLAVIX as part of an ongoing plan to reduce your risk. 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.

If your doctor has prescribed PLAVIX to help keep platelets from sticking together and forming clots, here are some tips that may help you remember to take PLAVIX daily:

Establish a routine

  • Make taking PLAVIX a part of your daily routine.
  • Keep your medicine in a convenient location where you’ll see it first thing every day.
  • Take it the same time, the same way, every day, and it will become second nature to you.

Be persistent

  • Follow your treatment plan carefully. This gives you the full benefit of the program your doctor recommends to keep platelets from sticking together and forming blood clots.
  • Staying with your course of treatment to help reduce the formation of blood clots offers you obvious health benefits. It also offers you the satisfaction and peace of mind that comes from treating yourself well.
  • Stay with your program. It’s a way of thanking everyone who cares about you: your family, friends, and doctors. If you’ve had a heart attack or stroke your doctor may recommend ongoing antiplatelet medication to help reduce the formation of blood clots, since your risk of another heart attack or stroke does not go away.

Adapt to any changes in your schedule

  • When you travel or when circumstances arise that can disrupt your schedule, you may need to make a special effort to be sure you don’t forget to take your PLAVIX pill. Write yourself a note and leave it where you’ll see it. Or ask someone in your family to remind you.

Keep in touch with your doctor

  • Antiplatelet medication is designed for your individual condition and medical history. Please remember that your doctor is the single best source of information regarding you and your health. Talk with your doctor about your health and the medicines you currently take, and before starting or stopping any medicine.
 

What to do next: See how PLAVIX is different

PLAVIX is a prescription medicine recommended for people who have suffered from a recent heart attack or recent stroke or have been diagnosed with Peripheral Artery Disease, or P.A.D. (also known as poor circulation in the legs).

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Did You Know?

Heart medicines, as prescribed by your doctor, are an important way to help reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke, but lifestyle changes also play an important role.

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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Remember, your doctor is the single best source of information regarding your health.
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