In patients who had a stroke, PLAVIX may help reduce the risk of future stroke
High cholesterol and high blood pressure are risk factors that need to be managed. But they’re not the direct cause of most strokes. The direct cause is platelets sticking together and forming blood clots.
The good news is that PLAVIX is proven to help keep platelets in the blood from sticking together and forming dangerous blood clots. In fact, PLAVIX helps reduce the formation of blood clots that cause most strokes and heart attacks.
For more than 13 years, doctors have written PLAVIX prescriptions to over 115 million people
PLAVIX is the #1 prescribed antiplatelet medicine.*
Talk to your doctor about PLAVIX, and continue to take all your medicines as prescribed.
* IMS Health, NPA Plus™, TRxs. February 2010.
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 which can potentially be life-threatening. 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.
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