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What is the most common antiplatelet drug?

What is the most common antiplatelet drug?

The most common antiplatelet drug used in preventing further heart attacks is aspirin. Other drugs include clopidogrel, prasugrel and ticagrelor.

What is the best antiplatelet medication?

Clopidogrel (75 mg daily) is the preferred antiplatelet.

Which medications are Antiplatelets?

Antiplatelets include:

  • ASA, also called acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin, Asaphen, Entrophen, Novasen)
  • Clopidogrel (Plavix)
  • Prasugrel (Effient)
  • Ticagrelor (Brilinta)

What is the safest antiplatelet drug?

Clopidogrel monotherapy showed the most favourable benefit-harm profile (79% cumulative rank probability best and 77% cumulative rank probability safest). In conclusion, Clopidogrel should be the indicated antiplatelet agent in PAD patients.

When should I take antiplatelet?

Why do I need antiplatelet therapy? Antiplatelets may also be given to patients during and after angioplasty and stent procedures and after coronary artery bypass surgery. Some patients with atrial fibrillation or valve disease also take antiplatelets.

What is a common side effect of antiplatelet medications?

Side effects

  • headaches or dizziness.
  • nausea.
  • diarrhoea or constipation.
  • indigestion (dyspepsia)
  • stomach ache or abdominal pain.
  • nosebleeds.
  • increased bleeding (your blood taking longer to clot – for example, when you cut yourself), or easy bruising.

Is antiplatelet a blood thinner?

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs eliminate or reduce the risk of blood clots. They’re often called blood thinners, but these medications don’t really thin your blood. Instead, they help prevent or break up dangerous blood clots that form in your blood vessels or heart.

Why do people take Antiplatelets?

Antiplatelet drugs are a group of powerful medicines that prevent blood clots. When you are wounded, platelets arrive on the scene and group together to form a clot that stops the bleeding. This is a good thing when an injury involves a break in your skin.

What is the purpose of antiplatelet therapy?

Antiplatelets are a group of medicines that stop blood cells (called platelets) from sticking together and forming a blood clot. Antiplatelet medicines can stop blood clots from forming.

When do you use antiplatelet?

Antiplatelets may be prescribed to folks with a history of:

  1. Coronary artery disease.
  2. Heart attack.
  3. Angina (chest pain)
  4. Stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs)
  5. Peripheral artery disease.