PLAVIX Reviews (CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (619 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PLAVIX with similar:
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| 4 | Have 2 medicated stents . | Bruise easily, some seem spontaneous. Bleeding from minor cuts takes longer to stop. I have taken Plavix for 14 months since two med. stents put in left artery for 90% blockage. Side effects are annoying but cardio. tells me to continue, perhaps indefinitely, because med. stent could attract a clot and lead to coronory thrombosis....something you want to avoid! | Med. stents have become controversial since I had them implanted in Jan. 2006. Long term studies are not yet available to determine if Plavix must be taken indefinitely to prevent clots. Meanwhile, better safe than sorry. I notice many of the side effects described here by others(arrythmia, dizzyness, difficulty concentrating, fatigue, sleep problems) may be due to post op anxiety. I suffered from these also. I was not able to tolerate statins......tried them all. The combination of the cardio telling me I should take them combined with my intolerance of them caused a great deal of anxiety, together of course, with post op. concerns that I had a life-threatening event. Anxiety can cause all these effects. Regular exercise, yoga, meditation and an occasional xanax helped me get thru the anxiety. I am also trying statin alternatives such as fish oil, Cholest-off, dietary fiber and drastic reduction in saturated fat intake to lower chol. and LDL. Good luck and I hope this help | M | 64 | 14 months | 2/27/2007 | 3 | 2 heart attacks and a TIA | Frequent nosebleeds, particularly at night. Daily headaches that began about 3 months after adding Plavix to the otheer 5 medications I take regularly. | M | 69 | 6 months | 2/26/2007 | 3 | PFO with atrial septal aneurysm | bruising, ha, anxiety ,shortness of breath | I am taking plavix combined with 85mg aspirin daily. I had my PFO closure 1 year ago. For some reason my tissue has not grown over the closure device in on small area...My echo bubble study is still positive. I am now told I could have to be on Plavix the rest of my life . I am so upset. Is ther anyone out there who this has happend to?? Please help if you can. | F | 41 | 11 months | 2/16/2007 | 3 | Medicated Stent | Nose bleeds. Two major ones in the last the last five months. | Many of the complications listed on this site I have not experienced but my nose bleeds, when I get them, are terrible. Just tonight I got one and almost had to go to the hospital. I called the VA and talked to a nurse. She told me to sit or stand up and pinch my nostrels shut for 15 minutes. She stayed on the phone with me and the bleeding stopped. People taking Plavix and asprin that are having problems with nose bleeds can try this. It worked for me. | M | 65 | 5 months | 2/15/2007 | 4 | heart attack | very easy bruising, although reducing aspirin to 81 mg from reg 325 mg helped a lot. takes longer to stop bleeding, and a menstrual period where I had 12 hrs of non-stop heavy, heavy bleeding. Could be pre-menopausal hormone changes, I suppose, but I imagine it is the Plavix and aspirin combo. | will continue to take it for another 6 months, only because a few people have had clots. They don't understand the mechanisms, just prescribing expensive drugs because of a few bad results. Will stop around menstrual period next month to prevent recurrance. | F | 49 | 6 months | 2/7/2007 | 2 | medicated stent and angioplasty | chest pain, right knee,calf ankle and foot swollen and extremely sore. Right eye swollen shut and tingling sensation on the right side of face. Sleeping problems. | M | 51 | 2 months | 2/7/2007 | 4 | DES Stent in RCA after MI | The only side effects I've noticed is bruising. I seem to notice that it has diminished somewhat over time. | With the controversy now over drug eluding stents it's very difficult to know what the right course of action is. As I expected my cardiologist just told me I'm on it indefinetly. I'm not thrilled about it, but it seems prudent to me, until longer term studies are complete on drug eluding stents, to stay on it. | M | 49 | 12 months | 1/26/2007 | 2 | 99% blockage, 1 medicated stent | Bruising, stomach pains and now chest pains. Had coranary artery stent put in in Sept. 06. Chest pains getting worse, have had a new series of test (stress, etc), Doc says heart is fine. Sure doesnt feel like it. | I now have an appt to see a gastro doctor in Feb. Also taking aspirin, Toprol, Altace and Vytorin. | F | 47 | 5 months | 1/21/2007 | 5 | 5 stents, unmedicated | bleeding hard to stop when cut, short term memory very bad. Stomach problems but put on protonix, now ok. | Taking low dose asprin and one 75mg plavix per day since heart attack in 2000. Stoped taking about one year ago on my own and started to have very bad chest pains after one week. Back on plavix but after bad reviews on plavix afraid to go off again for fear of having another heart attack. I guess this beats being six foot under. | M | 59 | 6 days | 1/11/2007 | 5 | 5 stents, unmedicated | bleeding hard to stop when cut, short term memory very bad. Stomach problems but put on protonix, now ok. | Taking low dose asprin and one 75mg plavix per day since heart attack in 2000. Stoped taking about one year ago on my own and started to have very bad chest pains after one week. Back on plavix but after bad reviews on plavix afraid to go off again for fear of having another heart attack. I guess this beats being six foot under. | M | 59 | 6 years | 1/11/2007 | 2 | Abdominal aorta stenosis. 3 stents | I have terrible gastointestinal problems. Bruise easily and have some bruises for no know reaon on fingers. I always feel like I need to eat something to settle my stomach. Bowels and urine seem to be OK. I take 15mg mobic tablet and one 81mg asprin, pluse Avapro, 300mg and 25mg HCT tablet. I suppose all or any of the above medications could cause my gastro problems, but did not have problem before being put on Plavix three weeks ago. | M | 76 | 20 days | 1/4/2007 | 2 | Abdominal aorta stenosis. 3 stents | I have terrible gastointestinal problems. Bruise easily and have some bruises for no know reaon on fingers. I always feel like I need to eat something to settle my stomach. Bowels and urine seem to be OK. I take 15mg mobic tablet and one 81mg asprin, pluse Avapro, 300mg and 25mg HCT tablet. I suppose all or any of the above medications could cause my gastro problems, but did not have problem before being put on Plavix three weeks ago. | M | 76 | 20 days | 1/4/2007 | 1 | coated stent Nov. 2006 | confusion, hallucinations, stomach pain, racing heart,taste disorder which led to weight loss, fatigue, sleeplessness. | Life on Plavix is miserable. I'm calling my cardiologist today to tell him I can't do this anymore. My quality of life is the pits and my poor wife is suffering with all the side effects too.I hope just plain aspirin will thin my blood enough to prevent future clotting. | M | 76 | 2 months | 12/29/2006 | 5 | five bypasses in 2003 | sometimes i get bruising from slightly bumping or from lifting weights at the fitness center! | I wish the price was cheaper | M | 62 | 3 years | 12/24/2006 | 1 | My uncle was put on Plavix | My Uncle was taken off enteric aspirin and put on Plavix, for an unknown reason. He is 95 years old and in fair to good health (but a CT Scan shows an aneurysm in the aorta in his stomach), within in days of taking Plavix he has suffered a stroke and is now in a nursing home. Up to this time he lived by himself in his own home with family members checking and caring for him daily. | It is my concern that Plavix should only be taken after a heart attack, stroke or a stent put in. And according to the Federal Gov't the makers are not open to the public. | M | 95 | 5 days | 12/22/2006 | 5 | 3 medicated stents | Brusing & if I accidently cut myself seems it takes longer to quit bleeding. | I have 1 non-medicated stent was inserted 3 yrs. ago took plavix for 1 yr. Then I was off of it for 3 yrs. 3 yrs. later had 3 more stents put in they were medicated. My cardio said I would be on plavix until june of 2007 by then I will have been on plavix for 14 months. I also take a daily aspirin. | F | 42 | 9 months | 12/17/2006 | 5 | heart attack and medicated stent | none | I had a heart attack with no warning symptoms. Cardiologist found an 80% blocked artery; I came out of surgery with a Taxus Express2 stent and a prescription for Plavix. I did bruise easily at first, and bruises lasted for weeks; but by 90 days after surgery, I seem to be bruising less. Now I learn from the news that I may have to stay on Plavix for life. Plavix is very expensive, and I can only hope that the price will decline for life-long users. | F | 60 | 90 days | 12/12/2006 | 5 | heart attack and medicated stent | none | I had a heart attack with no warning symptoms. Cardiologist found an 80% blocked artery; I came out of surgery with a Taxus Express2 stent and a prescription for Plavix. I did bruise easily at first, and bruises lasted for weeks; but by 90 days after surgery, I seem to be bruising less. | F | 60 | 90 days | 12/12/2006 | 3 | 1 Stent | Headedness on left side. | My artery blockage was 99% when I fainted out. I am taking lisinopril, toprol, vytorin, and plavix. So much of mixed side effect rather than actual heart issue ever since. | M | 35 | | 12/11/2006 | 3 | 2 MIs and 7 Stints | I noticed increased bleeding with a minor wound such as a shaving nick apparently due to Plavax. Statins are another issue, been through three different statins. Two of the three caused muscle aches. They all cause muscle weakness in me though. | I was on Plavax for 6 months after my 1st MI in 2002 on the RCA requiring one stent (non medicated). Two years to the day 2004 after the 1st MI I had a second MI on the LAD with circumflex & ramus blocked sufficiently to get stinted all requiring 4 additional stents (medicated) for a total of 5. The Cardiologist then put me back on Plavax for life. Ten months later 2005 had an additional stint put in on the circumflex, one day minus two years from second MI 2006 . got another stint on the LAD. Stints are clean but I block on the upstream side at the stint opening where the stint starts. All the above with pretty normal blood chemistry (LDL 75, HDL 40-45, total 150-160, triglicerides 120-170. All not perfect but not too out of line. W/O statins total at 205. Quit smoking at 1st MI in 2002 | M | 49 | 3.5 years | 12/9/2006 |