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Avatar m tn Both drugs are some what the same, they both work by keeping your blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots. Plavix is a adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor and Pradaxa is a direct thrombin inhibitor. Both do basically the same thing just in different ways.
Avatar f tn I've found that Aggrenox seems to work without side effects. It's primarily baby aspirin, but also contains a drug that prevents platelets from sticking together. I've taken it twice a day since my stroke, and it appears to work, but who ever knows?
Avatar f tn s clotting mechanism, they start things off by sticking together to plug the initial hole in the blood vessel & the fibrin clot then adds to this, making it stronger. The variation of Factor V that you have makes you clot more easily than those with normal Factor V. Coumadin/warfarin & heparin/clexane decrease the blood's ability to clot by acting on certain (but different) proteins in the clotting cascade. Aspirin decreases the platelets ability to clump.
1013028 tn?1250923267 Plavix stops platelets aggregation or prevents them from sticking together. This tends to prevent clot formation in the arteries, including coronary arteries or the arteries on the surface of heart. Aggrenox (aspirin/extended-release dipyridamole) is indicated to reduce the risk of stroke in patients who have had transient ischemia of the brain or completed ischemic stroke due to thrombosis.
Avatar f tn Essentially Platelets are the glue that holds the blood together. Google it. Low platelets means thinner blood. 44 is very low, normal range is around 150-250. Yes, avoid a serious cut, and definitely avoid head injury or any actions that might cause one. If either happens, call a doctor ASAP. Try to stick in there, with so little time left to go it would be a shame not to complete if all possible. What's your virus count?
Avatar f tn The platelet function tests help to study the functioning of the platelets. Various platelet function tests are used to evaluate the ability of platelets to clump together and begin to form a clot. Please discuss this with your doctor am sure he will provide further assistance. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
Avatar m tn I have no idea what forum to go to, so since I'm used to this one and my problem could relate to low platelets, I'll start here. About the same time I started Olysio & Sovaldi, I got a light flesh-colored hard knot about the size of a dime right above my right elbow. There was blue all around it. Then the blue was replaced by spreading purple so the whole area is 3" by 2" with the knot in the middle. It hurts.
745313 tn?1323142298 Clumping happens if the sample is held too long before processing, gets too warm, etc. It means that the count is innacurate (can't count a big glob that's made of clumped together platelets) and the sample is worthless, always aggravating. Many of my sunmmertime platelet samples clumped because of long transport. Speaking of giant blood cells, my red blood cells always came out 'macrocytic' (big celled) on the lab report when I was on procrit.
Avatar f tn It means the platelets clumped together and couldn't be counted. It usually happens because the test tube containing the sample for the CBC was not shaked properly (the test tube contains a small amount of heparin. After obtaining the blood sample, you're supposed to shake it to prevent the platelets from clumping together).
Avatar f tn I started treatment with only 60 platelets and at week 4 dropped to 25 platelets. I thank my good doctor for not jumping the gun and lowering my drugs or stopping treatment which he said some doctors would do. I told him I knew he would not have done that. We were both happy that I'm responding so well. My hgb dropped from 10.8 to 10.4.
890829 tn?1241204572 If that is the case, you should talk to your doctor about taking 81mg aspirin daily to keep your blood thin and platelets from sticking together. Once a person gets about age 80, the platelets do not stick and the person can actually have a problem with clotting. Fish oil is great to keep the arteries healthy. Make sure that you are getting enough of the vitamin B's as many people are not and it is essential for proper heart function.
Avatar f tn My.cousin just went into labor tonight and because her count was so low she couldn't get an epidural at all, all natural and painful but her baby girl was born healthy like 10 minutes ago!
7552771 tn?1469929649 Platelets are what helps clot your blood, they all group together. Low platelets puts you at an increased risk for bleeding, but high platelets put you at an increased risk for excess clotting, such as DVTs...
Avatar m tn Hello How high are your platelets. Platelets are responsible for clot formation in the blood vessels. Thrombocytosis or abnormally high platelets usually manifests as clots in the blood vessels which can cause areas of decreased oxygen in various organs of the body. This can result in pain in these areas. It would be unusual for this to cause joint pain.The treatment for elevated platelet is to be on an agent like aspirin to prevent excessive clotting.
Avatar f tn Ask your doctor if you can take vitamin B12 suppliments to make up for these ever dropping platelets. B12 helps produce red blood cells, but as we all learned in high school, platelets are within our blood stream :) It doesn't need to be prescribed to you, but I'd ask just in case hun :) Good luck!
Avatar f tn m 23 weeks pregnant and I just got out of the emergency room a couple days ago for a kidney infection while I was there they held me longer because I have low blood platelets that really scares me have any of you experienced low platelets? How do I raise my platelets count?
493068 tn?1224765315 I completed Interferon-Ribavirin-Neupogen 2 years ago in Feb...My WBC, RBC, Platelets, and Absolute neutrophil counts have been down most of the time since completing 48 weeks. I was to have cervical surgery for severe stenosis this week but they did my lab work 2 times last week and cancelled the surgery. I know it is very dangerous for bleeding or hematoma of spinal cord..Do you have any idea why my labs stay like this? RBC 3.2, Hgb 10, Hct 30, platelets 130, and Absolute neutrophils 1.5.
Avatar m tn i read that people who are on depakote can risk plates sticking together..and im on warfarin ( blood thinner)? any info on this..thanks james......i have d.vt. had a pulmonary embolism in 2000.
Avatar f tn ) that this is due to antibodies binding to the platelets. I understand for standard hiv blood testing, a sample of serum is obtained from the 'top' portion of the tube - this is where antibodies are usually found right? But if my platelets (in the 'middle' portion of the tube, I think?) cause antibodies to stick to them does that mean that there won't be any present in the tested serum? I.e.