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Prostate cancer radiotherapy in men on warfarin or Plavix

Sitemaster wrote 2 weeks ago: A recent study has assessed the risk of bleeding as a consequence of radiation therapy for localized … more →

Tags: Management, Treatment, anticoagulant, bleeding, EBRT, external beam radiation, Risk, warfarin

Drug-Drug Interaction Between Clopidogrel and the Proton Pump Inhibitors

orthopedix wrote 1 month ago: Since last year (San Francisco 2008), we learned than waiting to fix hip fracture because of clopido … more →

Tags: trauma, Hip, hip fracture, proton pump inhibitors, health

Risky Combination: Plavix and PPIs1 comment

heartstrong wrote 3 months ago: Plavix (clopidogrel) is an antiplatelet medication prescribed frequently to heart disease patients o … more →

Tags: Heart Disease, Heart Health, heart attack, heartstrong, Women and heart disease, men and heart disease, Women and Stroke, Heart Healthy, heart healthy habits

Drug-eluting stent or bare metal stent? An AHRQ study

Markos Kashiouris wrote 3 months ago: AHRQ-Funded Study Finds Lower Risk of Death and Heart Attack in Patients with Drug-Coated Stent Impl … more →

Tags: Cardiology, Trials, bare metal stent, drug-coated stent, dru-eluting, drug eluting stent

prasugrel and the fda's phlegmatic approach

Jeffrey Seguritan wrote 5 months ago: June 26, 2008.  This was the deadline date set by the FDA (after granting a 6-month “priority … more →

Tags: Drug Companies, Drug Development, Health Policy, Healthcare Regulation, Pharmaceuticals, acute coronary syndrome, Angioplasty, Effient, fda approval

South East London Cardiac Prescribing Forum: working to improve clopidogrel prescribing across the South East London sector

stockportvic wrote 5 months ago: Source: British Journal of Cardiology For full text link, click here Year of Publication: 2008 Publi … more →

Tags: Cardiovascular Diseases, Prescribing, Prevention, Volume 1 Issue 1

Do PPIs cancel Clopidogrel benefits?

drtaqi wrote 5 months ago: A Canadian based population study looked at patients who had an MI, were given Clopidogrel +/- a PPI … more →

Tags: Cardiovascular, Asians and clopidogrel, clopidogrel and PPIs, drug combination, Family Medicine, heart attacks reducing the future risk, pantoprazole in the lead?

Antiplatelet Medications ("Platelet Antagonists")

paigehalter wrote 9 months ago:   Clopidogrel (Plavix, Clopilet) Ticlopidine (Ticlid)   What are antiplatelet medications, and why … more →

Tags: Medications, Antiplatelet Medications, antiplatelet medications, platelet antagonists, Plavix, Clopilet, ticlopidine, Ticlid

Why thrombolysis is contraindicated in unstable angina ?

drsvenkatesan wrote 10 months ago:               Intra coronary thrombosis is the sine qua non of acute coronary syndrome ( Both STEMI … more →

Tags: Cardiology - Clinical, Infrequently asked questions in cardiology (iFAQs), cardiology- coronary care, drsvenkatesan, PCI, ACS, stemi, NSTEMI, Cardiology

What is the optimal dose of clopidogrel in ACS ?

drsvenkatesan wrote 1 year ago: Aspirin confusion spreads to clopidogrel ! It all started with 75 mg clopidogrel in CURE study  and … more →

Tags: cardiology -Therapeutics, ACS, stemi, NSTEMI, Aspirin

Phase III initiated in Cogentus clopidogrel/omeprazole combination treatment trial

crimsoncanary wrote 1 year ago: Phase III trials have been initiatied for Cogentus Pharmaceutical’s clopidogrel/omeprazole com … more →

Tags: GPCR, P2Y12, Purinoreceptor, Purinoreceptor P2Y12, cogentus, Plavix

CYP2C19*171 comment

DNADiva wrote 1 year ago: COMMENT: Only in the last year has a new allele of CYP2C19 been recognized. CYP2C19*17 is associated … more →

Tags: Cytochrome P450, Personalized Medicine, pharmacogenetics, Cyp2C19, omeprazole, Pharmacokinetics

The contradiction of combination drugs2 comments

KHOI wrote 1 year ago: As covered in a story from Venture Beat and from their own press release, Cogentus Pharmaceuticals o … more →

Tags: health, Medical device, advair, anti-platelet, cogentus, menlo park, omeprazole, PPI, symbyax


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