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Pros and Cons of Using Plavix

If you want to start taking Plavix, you should be aware of the fact that it belongs to a group of drugs called anti-platelets, or P2Y12 inhibitors. This means that its intake inhibits the abilities of platelets to form blood clots, and the best part is that it doesn’t cause any severe reductions in white cells. For those patients who have a history of strokes and heart attacks, your risk is decreased.

Common Uses and Instructions

These days, Plavix is prescribed to prevent such serious health conditions as heart attacks, strokes, angina and others. It’s advisable to take this medicine with Aspirin to keep your blood vessels open and prevent unwanted blood clots. It functions by blocking platelets and prevents them from transforming into dangerous blood clots, thus, allowing the blood to flow in the body smoothly.

When starting this kind of treatment, you need to know how to take Plavix properly. Most doctors prescribe to take this medicine orally once a day, but lengths and doses may vary from one patient to another according to their response and other important factors. It’s necessary to get urgent medical help once you notice that Plavix doesn’t work, including such symptoms as sweating, unexpected vision changes, confusion, shortness of breath and so on.

Side Effects

The good news is that this medication is generally well-tolerated, but some patients may still experience certain adverse effects, such as the following:

• Itching and skin rash;
• Nausea and diarrhea;
• Headaches and chestpain;
• Dizziness and allergicreactions;
• Serious bleeding;       
• Pancreatitis.

AvailableForms and Doses

You can find Plavix as standard tablets that are available in 75 mg and 300 mg. Besides, you also need to get more information about average doses. For those patients who want to treat heart attacks and unstable angina, your first dose is 300 mg that should be followed by taking 75 mg combined with Aspirin on a daily basis. If you have stroke or peripheral arterial disease, you need to take 75 mg each day.

Possible Drug Interactions

They should be avoided if you don’t want to end up with serious effects and complications. For example, you shouldn’t combine Plavix with such medications as NSAIDs, Coumadin and other pills and increase your risk of bleeding, or those meds that decrease the activity of enzymes in the liver, etc. Ensure that you don’t take such drugs as Prozac, Diflucan, Felbatol and Nizoral together with this medicine. Otherwise, you risk ending up with an increased risk of having unwanted adverse effects and other health issues.

That’s why most doctors advise their patients to make a list of those drugs they’re taking, including over-the-counter and prescribed meds, vitamins and other herbal supplements. This is what allows them to avoid possible risks and develop the best treatment plan for their patients. Finally, pregnant and nursing women shouldn’t take Plavix, unless its use is strongly needed based on their medical condition.