Plavix side effects patients heart attack
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I am on Plavix for my Heart Attack and my husband is on Coumadin for a blood clot he had 3 years ago 1 month after he had broken his ankle and had to have surgery. I say he should be off the Coumadin already. He went back to work full time after the broken ankle and also lost 60 lbs. He says the Plavix is just as bad.
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Natural alternative:
Nattokinase is a potent fibrinolytic (anti-clotting) enzyme extracted and highly purified from a traditional Japanese food called Natto.
Nattokinase enhances our body’s natural ability to fight blood clots, and has an advantage over blood thinners because it has a prolonged effect without side effects.
Taking Plavix alone after a heart attack offers small but significant extra protection from cardiovascular problems compared with aspirin. If an individual has had a heart attack two or three years ago, and if everything is fine, one probably doesn't need this medication.....also up to about 1 year with DES implant then discontinue.
The subject of platelet interaction and FDA is more inclusive that posted.
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.
Generally, anticoagulants are for the venous side, antiplatelets are for the artery side, and both are being given for within the heart, as in afib - which is like a cross between the two sides. Though researchers are trying anticoagulants for all kinds of problems clotting.
To flw: maybe you can go with ticlopidine instead of your clopidigrel. Ticlopidine was the predecessor.
If you do not want to suffer a heart attack or stroke, you need to take the Plavix and aspirin. Lipitor is a cholesterol medication that have proven studies showing reducing cholesterol and reducing some cholesterol buildup already there. The medications are your life line and you need to take them as prescribed by your doctor. Are you having current side effects from the medications?
It is marketed directly to consumers in commercials that the FDA said were misleading because they misrepresented the drug and its serious side-effects. Patients come into your doctor’s office and ask for Plavix by name. Your doctor probably never heard of Nattokinase.
* Do not take Plavix and aspirin together. Do not take Plavix with Nexilum, Prevacid or Prilosec.
* Plavix has serious side effects, one of which is mental confusion. Another serious side effect is ulcers.
After several heart attacks and cardiac caths, I would prefer dealing with any potential side effects. Yet, if they were too bothersome, I would discuss them with my cardiologists. There are several treatment options available. Yet, all will have the potential for some side effects.
I wish you well!
Prior to that I had virtually no symptoms, and no risk factors except for stress, and the cause of the heart attack was a mystery to everyone. I stayed on plavix for 6 months (along with low-dose aspirin which I continue to take) and couldn't stand the side effect of severe bruising. My recovery was slow in that I continued to experience lots of chest pain with stress, and was eventually diagnosed with GERD, which I believe was caused either by the stents or the plavix.
Why were you put on Plavix in the beginning... for heart attack or stroke? Absolutely going off of it can lead to a mini-stroke/TIA, but going odd wont CAUSE one. Unfortunately you have to go off before a biopsy as it makes your blood thinner and there is too much risk of bleeding. Don't worry too much about the TIA, most have no long standing effects unless you have a LOT of them. So you want to go back on the Plavix and DON'T miss any doses! It should work right away.
Had multiple stents (4) placed four (4) years ago, two in LAD with no side effects and good nuclear and stress test results over this period. Am currently taking Plavix/Aspirin/Coreg/Altace. Need arthroscopic repair on knee but concerned over cessating of Plavix. One cardiologist recommended ending Plavix entirely, second (same practice) would rather wait for a large study about to be completed. Suggestions?
These are patients whos disease effects not just 1 single artery but rather all arteries in their heart. For these patients they run into a problem.. Every stent we place into the body significantly and exponentially increases the probability of a phenomenon called in stent restenosis, a heart attack caused by stent placement. At some point it actually becomes more risky to place additional stents then to perform a surgery.
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And she told me to take some Xanax and either I make a choice between taking the Plavix or Ticlid. I told her that the Plavix was out of the question and I would deal with the side effects of the Ticlid. She is telling me that there is really no other medicine out there because of me being so sensitive to give to me. This has become a really frustrating process and I know it can only get better from here. She wants me to have some blood work done again.
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