News of the expanded indication comes during a showdown between the marketer/manufacturer of the drug, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)/Sanofi-Aventis, and Canadian drug company Apotex, which started ...

In order to better prevent blood clots, the drugs clopidogrel or prasugrel can be prescribed to patients with acute ischaemia of the heart muscle, in addition to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). The German ...

The optimal timing of clopidogrel dosing and administration in the setting of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains an intense area of investigation. A series of studies -- Antiplatelet ...

In a recent randomized study, Gurbel and colleagues have examined the effect of clopidogrel dosing on the incidence of nonresponsiveness and high post-treatment platelet aggregation. In comparison ...

The commonly prescribed blood thinner clopidogrel should replace aspirin as a routine pill for preventing heart attacks and strokes in people who already have at least some degree of heart disease, ...

A commonly prescribed drug could be more effective than aspirin for long-term heart disease prevention. Analysis of nearly 29,000 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) suggests the blood thinner ...

Antiplatelet therapy with Plavix ® (clopidogrel bisulfate) and aspirin reduces major cardiovascular events in ACS patients during and after coronary angioplasty, also referred to as percutaneous ...