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Drug Combo Cuts Stroke Risk After TIA
A simple combination of two anti-clotting drugs, clopidogrel and aspirin, can cut the risk of a stroke in patients who have already experienced a mini-stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). This was the result of a phase 3 clinical trial conducted in China with the help of a US physician who says it could change the standard of care in the US. The investigators report their findings in the 26 June online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, NEJM. The trial took place at several sites in China and was designed in partnership with S...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke 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

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

Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners
Fears that giving tPA to those taking aspirin or Plavix might raise risk of brain bleeds largely unfounded, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Blood Thinners, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - March 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Aspirin plus drug reduces stroke risk
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Stroke patients or those with a transient ischemic attack who added Plavix to aspirin had less risk of second stroke, U.S. and Chinese researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Adding Clopidogrel to Aspirin Therapy Reduces Risk of Second Stroke
Source: American Heart Association Related MedlinePlus Pages: Blood Thinners, Stroke
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Short Course of Aspirin, Clopidogrel Cuts Stroke RiskShort Course of Aspirin, Clopidogrel Cuts Stroke Risk
Brief combination therapy reduces recurrent stroke over aspirin alone, without increasing bleeding risk, CHANCE trial results show. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

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