Dangers of plavix use
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I had to ahve three stins, and My Dr. told em i would have to saty on plavix, and asprin, please dont stop yuor plavix or asprin unless your cardologist says its ok. you can get amnoyher blod clot, and tus a heart attack.
t appear to interfere with Plavix, but Plavix is a drug that has a lot of contraindications, so I would be careful about most anything I took if I was on Plavix. So if your doc has no idea, as I suspect is the case since moringa isn't commonly known or used in the western world, I would probably try to find an ayurvedic physician. Heck, write Deepok Chopra, he's the most famous ayurvedic physician in the world.
From the article: The Dangers Of Plavix from Top Form Secrets...
“Why didn’t my doctor tell me about Nattokinase?”
Instead of telling you about Nattokinase (a natural and healthy blood clot dissolver derived from a Japanese food, natto) your doctor probably told you about Plavix. Plavix is one of the top-selling drugs in the world. It earns more than a billion dollars a year for Bristol-Myers.
As an RN, I am aware of the distressing dangers and constant monitoring of patients on this drug. She has no previous problems with clots, although she is on medication for genetic hypertriglyceridemia which is fairly controlled by exercise and medication.
Wouldn't Plavix combined with aspirin therapy not work just as well? Coumadin just seems like the old-fashioned way and more dangerous way to do things these days!
And plavix use prior to a DES implant has been a subject of indesiveness and uncertainty since the introduction of drug eluding stents....subject of many threads on this forum. "Why" longer term therapy has been asked?
There has been a recent study designed to evaluate the relationship between clopidogrel (plavix) use and long-term rates of cardiac death or MI after DES implantation.
".....stopped taking clopidogrel and were followed up for an additional 12 months.
The recommended treatment for DES implants is dual therapy of aspirin and plavix up to a year. Combining plavix and aspirin increases the risk of bleeding vs. aspirin alone in patients treated for more than a brief period of time. That is the regimen followed for my DES implant.
f you are in this category a prior MI and unstable angina:" In the CAPRIE trial, clopidogrel (plavix) was equivalent to aspirin for patients with a recent (but not acute) MI.
I was on plavix for 18 months for my first stent and it never formed clots, but I believe there have been cases where it has happened. IF clots are going to form, they are usually very quickly as the plavix wears off. You don't have to ween off plavix, you simply stop it. It isn't a medication that affects your metabolism or mental state.
Is it your general Doctor or Cardiologist who has stopped the medication? In the UK we are told we will be on Plavix 2-3 years or even possibly life.
Postmarketing Experience
The following adverse reactions have been identified during post-approval use of Plavix. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of an unknown size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.
Until your doctor prescribes you something different to treat this, you should not discontinue use of this as this affects one of your most important organs. Aspirin is used for long term prevention of heart attacks, and is not intended for doing what Plavix does. Book an appointment with your doctor or surgeon and tell them that you are experiencing symptoms.
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