plavix and platelet count

She was given platelet went up then down again Can plavix make it worse and will her platelet revert back to normal

To start plavix or ASA before stopping Hepirin, could have substantially decreased the platelet count and put your mother at a high risk of a hemorhage. Its a judgment by your doctor that weighs the risk/ benefit of treatment. Sorry to hear of your loss and my condolences.

I am still waiting on the call back from my cardiologist, so will copy this answer and take it with me to see him. I had a complete CBC and platelet count, INR done and all came back normal, so thinking it probably is the Plavix! Thank you! I will post again once I see my cardio!

My husband has a pacemaker and 8 metal stents. He's been taking Coumadin and Plavix for the past 4-5 years since his last stent was put in. Recently he was rushed to the hospital with blood in his vomit and stools. They said he had last 60% of his blood and immediately preceeded to give him blood, total 9 pints. After much reading up on ulcers and his medicine's side-effects, we discovered that Plavix causes ulcers. He was bleeding from a huge ulcer in his stomach.

is it typical for doctor to prescribe 75 mg plavix and 325 mg aspirin? and then to add 800 mg ibuprofen 3/day for pain management?

I recently had a colonoscopy and was told to stop anti-platelet medication 6 days prior to procedure and there is a risk of excessive bleeding if there were polyps...none found....but my point is to discontinue anti-platelet medciation for a few days is not a very large risk...excessive bleeding can be much higher risk. Personally I would discontinue blood thinning medication prior to any intervention. Take care, and I wish you well going forward.

Should a 59 years old male with severe CAD, Renal Insufficiency (has been on dialysis for 1 1/2 years), had cuadriple heart bypass four years ago and is getting a stent today for coronary obstruction and has been on Coumadin for several years, will have to add Plavix to his treatment or is Coumadin enough for anticoagulation and antiplatelet effect?

After that length of time it is generally believed to discontinue plavix but remain on aspirin. Although plavix and aspirin are anti-platelet agents, plavix has a different mechanism of action that seems to be specialized for drug eluding stent to prevent restenosis. Laviquin is an antibiotic medication! and there is a class-action suit against Laviqiin providers that is currently unresolved.

The doctor knew I had a prior heart attack, and I was on anti-platelet medication. The tooth had split in half and had to be pulled and fixed bridge was part of the procedure (no problem).

7 Sec) aPTT 31 Sec ( Ref 24 Sec) As I said in the earlier post, Plavix, according to tests done at a New York Hospital, does not do any platelet inhibition for me. Hence Effient. Incidently, Plavix and Effient come from the same chemical family and the mode of action is identical. Now whether they keep me on Effient (10 mg) +Aspirin (320 mg) therapy for 1-2 years or for life remains to be seen. Prior to stenting back in December, I was only taking 80 mg of Aspirin.

What about plavix. My husband is on it and is experiencing internal bleeding and subsequent drop in hemoglobin count to 10. we are concerned about staying on plavix as the physicians have been unable to determine source of bleeding.

I had plavix and aspirin for a year after stent implant, and now only aspirin. Both meds are anti-platelet agents, and many doctors go with both medication as they have different menchanisms for anti-clotting. The plavix is prescribed as it considered to be more effective against the formation of clots that appear to be a problem with drug eluding stents up to about a year. After a year or so aspirin only (87mg), as there is a risk of excessive bleeding with both agents.

If you are not on any medications like anticoagulants, blood thinners or birth control pills then this could be due to clotting disorders, low platelet count, fragile spider veins, deep vein thrombus, deficiency of Vitamin B12, folic acid, or Vit K, a liver disease or certain cancers. It could also be due to pressure urticaria. If you are on medications then you need to discuss that with your doctor. The other possibility is that they are not bruise by petechiae.

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.

Plavix/clopidogrel is mainly an anti-platelet drug (they are *usually* used artery-side, e.g., to prevent strokes or heart attacks). The other drugs mentioned are anticoagulants (which interfere with coagulant proteins such as Factor Xa -- they are usually used venous-side, e.g., preventing DVT after orthopedic surgery). Either type might be used for the in between, which is the heart: for AFib clotting/strokes. I don't know why your doc preferred to prescribe Plavix for DVT.

The protocol guidelines are aspirin and plavix for year or a little longer if the implant was DES. Drug enduced stents have propensity to form a clot when compared to bare metal stents. After a year the consensus is to continue aspirin (81mg is OK), and unless there is a special need for an additional anti-platelet medication the plavix should be discontinued based on the risk of uncontrolled bleeding, etc. is greater than any benefit.

Coumadin and Plavix are both anti-platelet agents as well as aspirin. The most widely studied and prescribed antiplatelet agent for the prevention of stroke and other serious vascular events among high vascular risk patients is aspirin. I take aspirin daily prior to CHF.. Plavix and aspirin for preventing stroke and other serious vascular events in high vascular risk patients.

The need for the life-saving operation trumped the worry of restinosis of my stents, and the worry of excessive bleeding because of Plavix and Aspirin therapy required extra planning during the surgery. I did have bleeding issues and spent about ten days in the hospital - it was complicated.

Has anyone been prescribed the new plavix alternative called Effient? If so can you tell me about any side effects? I had an Everluminous drug eluding stent placed in the right coronary artery in May of this year and was placed on plavix and aspirin therapy. I've had no problems since the placement except for a severe allergic skin reaction which the dermatologist thinks is from the plavix.

Hi Ray....I agree w/ed34. Warfarin is generic for Coumadin. Since it is the generic for brand Coumadin it is given in same dose. Mom took Warfarin for the 1st three months after her event. Month four, the pharmacy was temporarily out so I took brand name Coumadin (more$$, of course ;-) but it was the exact same dose. Month five, she was back on Warfarin. Best to you...

I had hep c and have cirrhosis my platelet count has been in the 80 to 90 range for several years. Mine actually increased on treatment with harvoni and ribavirin which I think may have been a side effect of the ribavirin which drove my red blood cell count and HGB down so my guess is as a oercentage my platelets appeared to rise due to the decrease in other blood counts. But yeah sudden significant drop I would ask my doctor about that.

Sadly my Platelet count is ..........drum roll.....55 I have the infrequent bruising and little red dots from it. My doc said sometimes the platelets are shaped crooked so the test doesn't pick them up. I can tell you I think a lot about my platelets these days and wondering if and when they'll go up. Damned disease left me with all this damage. At one time a couple years back I was 145. I think that's in range on my labs.

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