* For this use, Plavix is taken with aspirin. The active ingredient in Plavix is clopidogrel. (An active ingredient is what makes a drug work.) It belongs to a group of drugs known as antiplatelet ...

CHICAGO – Among patients with stable cardiovascular disease who have a genetic variation that diminishes the response to the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel, tripling the standard daily dosage of this ...

NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A small study presented on Monday suggests Eli Lilly and Co.'s experimental blood clot preventer prasugrel works faster and could be more effective than the commonly used ...

Taking the blood thinner Plavix along with aspirin helped prevent strokes and heart attacks in people with a common heartbeat abnormality that puts them at high risk of these problems, doctors ...

NEW YORK, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A small study presented on Monday suggests Eli Lilly and Co.'s experimental blood clot preventer, prasugrel, works faster and could be more effective than the commonly ...

Clopidogrel is prescribed to help prevent cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in certain adults. It’s a generic medication that's available as the brand-name drug Plavix. The drug ...