To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Clopidogrel May Provide Better Outlook After Heart Attack, Stroke URL: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/11DAA2.htm Doctor's Guide August 5, 1999
DALLAS, TX -- Aug. 5, 1999 -- Antiplatelet agents may improve the outlook for heart attack and stroke patients, according to researchers in the current issue of the journal Stroke. Antiplatelet drugs are recognised for their ability to reduce the occurrence of and death from, vascular events such as heart attacks and strokes. Aspirin is currently considered to be the reference standard antiplatelet agent and is recommended by the American Heart Association for use in patients with a wide range of cardiovascular disease. Clopidogrel, another antiplatelet agent, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for many of the same indications as aspirin. Since physicians are faced with deciding whether to switch from the well-established practice of recommending aspirin for patients, the drugs have been compared with respect to their relative efficacy, safety, cost and convenience. Based on available evidence, aspirin is preferred for the majority of stroke or myocardial infarction (heart attack) patients at risk of recurrences. Clopidogrel may provide valuable therapeutic benefit over aspirin in patients with peripheral arterial disease and in stroke or myocardial infarction patients for whom aspirin treatment is contraindicated or for whom aspirin fails to achieve a therapeutic benefit. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.