PLAVIX Reviews (CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (612 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PLAVIX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PLAVIX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Stent | Had blockage and a stent was put in. I was put on Plavix after that. I have been on it for 9 months and have been in the hospital five times for severe bleeding and had a stroke six weeks ago. I continue to have loss of memory and getting worse everyday. Stay tired all the time as well. Going off Plavix today. | M | 83 | 9 months | 10/29/2009 | 5 | Cardiac Stent | None noticed. | I have been taking 75mg daily for about 2 years along with four other medications, I feel great. | M | 47 | 2 years | 10/27/2009 | 1 | ophthalmic migraines | Extreme Vivid Nightmares | I've only been on Plavix for five days. The last three days I have had violent nightmares. These nightmares you wake up remembering everything. I've never had this before using Plavix. I also noticed bleeding problems. | F | 36 | 5 days | 10/24/2009 | 4 | I had 5 stents put in | M | 61 | 1 years | 10/14/2009 | 1 | 1 Promus™ stent | Increasing mental confusion; stumbling for words; garbled thoughts; no concentration; no motivation; anxiety/nervousness; anxiety attacks at night & vivid dreams; beginning to limit social activities as it is embarrassing to try to speak intelligently. Bruising and trouble stopping bleeding from even a small cut. | I was going to call my primary care doctor and ask for tests for Alzheimers and/or a brain tumor because I am having increasing problems with mental acuity. I embarrass myself when I attempt a discussion with friends, family and peers. I'd much rather take the chance of losing my life than to lose my mind. | F | 60 | 14 months | 10/11/2009 | 1 | TIA | Depression fatigue...just plain out of it...no energy or desire to do ANYTHING!!!..Not myself at all...Memory problems seem to have wosened over the last few weeks. Anyone else have these symptoms???? Thinking of stoppinmg meds today just for a trial..I feel like I want my life back... | Dr. seems to think this is a miracle drug..think drug rep's who peddle this stuff along with a big lunh for the office staff may have some bearing on the use of Plavix..just a thought | M | 73 | 6 weeks | 10/9/2009 | 4 | Clogged smaller arteries | Bruising. Waking up early. | Doc wanted me to get off it aftr 9 months, but was unable too because of side effects when I stopped taking it. A bright white spot on my right arm appeared when ending Plavix, grizzly blemished on right arm appeared. After the nine months of Plavix chest pain and pressure points on chest started. After 1 1/2 years on Plavix was able to get off it with few prolems after a pretty nurse convinced me it could be done. Now thinking of going back on it for the rare once in a blue moon night shift, but for only a few days worth. | M | 1.5 years | 9/19/2009 | 3 | heart attack | i been brusing, weak, muscle aches, but so far that is it, i also take crestor,zestril, asprin, metoprolol. so it could be all those togeather. | plavix is very expencive, i wonder has anyone ever bought plavix in the internet in canada pharmacies, it is cheap, but i do not know if it is real or not,i spend alot on medicacion, thank God i have a family that helps or else i would not be able to buys all this med. | M | 53 | 4 months | 9/17/2009 | 5 | Hard to stop cuts from bleeding. Other than that, nothing obvious. | M | 47 | 2 years | 9/9/2009 | 5 | Tia 3x bypass 5 stents later | loss of memory, bruising and it's very hard to stop bleeding from any size cut even a scratch. | I have been on Plavix for about 15 years, it's been so long I've forgotten the exact year I started taking it. I had a TIA in 1992 followed by 3x bypass in 1993 followed by 2 stent implants followed by 2 more stent implants followed by a sandwich procedure in 2006. 1 stent was 99.9% blocked while I was on plavix. I was ok with the plavix and my doctor said I could go off of it but I said no and stayed on it and he later said in 2006 after the blockage "The plavix is what saved your life" but failed to mention he suggested I go off plavix. These Doctors are something! Until reading your comments I thought my fogged memories were due to age but now I'm thinking differently. | F | 56 | 15 years | 8/28/2009 | 2 | Stroke | Extreme dizziness, listlessness, bruising | Forget the doctor! I am taking myself off the med. | F | 62 | 2 months | 8/28/2009 | 1 | blood flow | cost About $20.00 for a 90 days. | F | 77 | 2 years | 8/25/2009 | 2 | I had a TIA (mini-stroke) | I've been taking Plavix for about 4 months, and for the last 3 of those have experienced daily headaches. Also, G.P. has reduced them to one every other day because of continued bleeds in thighs. Just hope the rotten things are working! | F | 58 | 4 months | 8/19/2009 | 4 | As a Blood thinner | None | taking 75 ng Plavix,since it came on market--years & years | M | 68 | 5 days | 8/18/2009 | 5 | Heart attack, by-pass,stents,angio. | I have not experienced any side effects that I know of. | taking for 2 yrs., | F | 40 | 730 days | 8/7/2009 | 4 | 2 carotid aneurysms behind my eyes | Bruising, constipation, gas, itching developed after a few months, | Not sure about the itching, have to contact doctor. I would seriously consider not going off this drug by yourself. I have had many of the minor side effects related to this drug but many of the side effects I see on this listing can easily be caused by the initial trauma that caused doctors to prescribe in the first place. Do not let these online blogs scare you into making an irrational decision. Talk to your doctor! If you don't like the advice you are getting, get a new doctor. I can't imagine how a caregiver could stop medication without consultation and then say they stopped the medication too late.. Whaaat? Stopping the medication could have killed your loved one.. insanity! | M | 38 | 6 months | 8/7/2009 | 1 | TIA | Fatigue, severe burning in my upper body and chest, tingling of the skin. | The side effects did not start immediately. After two to three months I was experiencing increasing fatigue. Then the burning in my torso started. The burning got really bad in my chest. This was accompanied by tingling of the skin thoughout my body. The suffering from the burning became so severe that I could barely work. I was becoming debilitated. I was about ready to go on disability when I finally figured out that it was the plavix. I spent over $30,000 going from specialist to specialist trying to find an answer to why my health was degrading. They would all take my list of meds, put it aside and then go about their specialty. I finally asked an allergist if I could be allergic to the plavix. He said it was possible. So I stopped taking it. It took almost two years to recover my health. Fortunately the reason for which I was taking it was fixed and I don't need it any more. Now I am having similar symptoms from other drugs. Could the plavix have caused some permanent change in my body? I don't know. Has this happened to anyone else? How are you doing? Send me an e-mail. | M | 61 | 1 years | 8/6/2009 | 1 | dr. recommendation ahead of stents | taking drug for only 2 weeks and have become so dizzy I have trouble walking--am bumping into walls at home and losing my balance when out. Vertigo increasingly worse, so am taking myself off this suspicious drug---will let dr. know tomorrow. Also experience fingertip numbness, and some incipient difficulty thinking clearly. | have high level of distrust of Big Pharma, believing industry is primarily interested in making huge short term profits, and don't believe FDA represents us well. Way too much dishonesty abounding here. | M | 75 | 15 days | 7/20/2009 | 1 | Stent | I,of late, have been having problems with thinking, feeling tied, sleeplessness and body aches. This happened after I have been on Plavix, but after about 6 months of use. | I used to teach premed organic chemistry and labs. They know naught and may be bought! Thanks a lot for your info. I am taking myself off of Plavix ($200/month) and going to $10 baby asprin. By the way I am very serious about what physicians know. Trust me it, in 90% of the cases, they don't know and many don't care. They simply push what the drug companies want to sell in a large fraction of the cases. Think they go to and verify at the level of the scientific journal? Hell no! I predict great lawsuits on this drug. Thank God, I didn't get a coated stent. Thank you for this info. | M | 59 | 7 months | 6/27/2009 | 3 | 2 stints in brain, anneurysm burst | Brain surgery 6/08, 1 yr ago - stints placed. short-term memory loss, confusion, sleeplessness, brain fog, difficulty concentrating. | Can anyone post a note if know if I can ever get off of Plavix? It's so expensive. | F | 53 | 11 months | 6/17/2009 |