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Ticagrelor for Stroke: Encouraging Results in Platelet Study Ticagrelor for Stroke: Encouraging Results in Platelet Study
Ticagrelor was associated with a lower rate of high on-treatment platelet reactivity than clopidogrel in Asian patients who had had a minor stroke or high-risk TIA in the PRINCE trial.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Drug Combo May Reduce Risk of Second Stroke: Study
After small or mini-stroke, aspirin plus Plavix tied to lower odds of another event
Source: WebMD Health - June 26, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Blood-thinning drugs may reduce dementia risk in people with irregular heartbeats
Conclusion If you’ve been diagnosed with AF and you have been prescribed anticoagulant treatments such as warfarin or clopidogrel, we already know they protect you against having a stroke. This study suggests they may also help to protect you against dementia. Cutting the risk of dementia for people who have a raised risk because of AF would be an exciting step forward. Unfortunately, we can’t tell from this study whether the protection against dementia was down to the anticoagulants, because of the possible effect of unmeasured confounding factors. Usually, we would want to see a randomised controlled trial (RCT) to f...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology Source Type: news

Real-world data confirm benefits of ticagrelor in ACS
A prospective study of more than 45,000 patients with acute coronary syndromes has shown that the risk of death or readmission with myocardial infarction or stroke is 15% lower with ticagrelor than with clopidogrel.
Source: MedWire News - July 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Acute coronary syndromes Source Type: news

Why 5,000 People Are Suing Over Plavix
Legal action is apparently moving forward involving lawsuits filed by thousands of people who say they suffered serious injuries by taking the once-heralded blood-thinning drug Plavix. The California Supreme Court ruled late last month that eight product liability lawsuits against Plavix manufacturer Bristol-Myers Squibb and Plavix distributor McKesson Corporation can proceed in San Francisco Superior Court. Those eight cases involved 678 plaintiffs. They may soon be joined by a multitude of other cases, involving about 5,000 plaintiffs, that have been filed around the country. There is no word yet on whether Bristol-My...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news