Comparative Risk of Ischemic Stroke Among Users of Clopidogrel Together With Individual Proton Pump Inhibitors [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
PPIs of interest did not increase the rate of ischemic stroke among clopidogrel users when compared with pantoprazole, a PPI thought to be devoid of the potential to interact with clopidogrel.

Source: Stroke - February 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Leonard, C. E., Bilker, W. B., Brensinger, C. M., Flockhart, D. A., Freeman, C. P., Kasner, S. E., Kimmel, S. E., Hennessy, S. Tags: Platelet function inhibitors, Acute Cerebral Infarction, Acute Stroke Syndromes, Antiplatelets, Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research