November 17, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — There was no significant benefit of one year's treatment with clopidogrel on reducing vein graft intimal hyperplasia in CABG patients in the CASCADE trial. The ...

Patients should avoid using the stomach acid reducer Prilosec/Prilosec OTC (omeprazole) with the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), the Food and Drug Administration warned on Nov. 17. New data ...

Taking the blood thinner Plavix along with some prescription antacids can reduce the effectiveness of the blood clot prevention, Health Canada says. The department sent an advisory to health ...

Baseline clinical characteristics were well balanced between the 2 groups (Table 1), and both groups received similar treatments following baseline angiography (Table 2). Although nonsignificant, ...

Clopidogrel is a generic prescription medication. It is FDA-approved to help prevent cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in certain adults. Specifically, clopidogrel is approved to ...

pill bottles The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved several changes to the prescribing information for Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate tablets; Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi). The Food ...