PLAVIX Reviews (CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (619 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PLAVIX with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PLAVIX | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 2 | high risk with mech. valve and bypa | major gastrointestinal problems. Major stomahe pressure and bloatibg with nausea. finally had to stop becaue I felt too sick. | M | 37 | 2 months | 6/12/2009 | 5 | 2 stents | itching | I feel sure that so many are blaming Plavix when it could be other drugs they are taking or their deterioating general health. What else are they doing that they shouldn't? eating the wrong stuff, no proper exercise? Overweight? | M | 76 | 3 years | 5/31/2009 | 1 | 1 stent (medicated) | Severe memory problems; struggle for words when talking; difficult to start tasks; extreme trouble with decision making; became antisocial when I used to enjoy going out; fatigue; can't get enough sleep; no motivation; bruise easily; don't enjoy hobbies I previously loved; do only what I must when I must. I am just not myself. | I thought I was going crazy, maybe getting Alzheimer's & feared I would lose my job. Went to family doc & was treated for ADD which made matters worse. Finally prescribed antidepressant and has increased dosage. Can someone tell me how I can discontinue taking this drug SAFELY??? Been on it since 9/07. Please??? | F | 48 | 2 years | 5/27/2009 | 1 | med st | had no symptoms for first 6 months....then have had confussion, extreme fatigue, slurred speech, stomach upset, can't think straight....stopping Plavix.....already stopped Zocor and Lopressor on my own and with the knowlege in these books I take Omega 3 and QCO10 each day....I have been able to lower my blood pressure to normal with my diet and the Omega and CO10...... | please read the following books: Lipitor thief of memory by Duane Graveline/Statin drugs side effects by Duane Graveline/What you must know about statin drugs by Jay Cohen/The Doctor's Heart Cure by Al Sears | M | 46 | 2 years | 5/27/2009 | 2 | 3 DES stints | Severe pain in feet can't wear shoes at times, rash and massive itching on lower outside of legs, Even though I had the stents and all tests are very good with no heart damage I have never "felt" any better. I would have expected that after the arteries were opened up I would have felt much better. I am going to taper off the Plavix and go to a low dose aspirin even though my Dr. say to stay on it for the rest of my life.....great advise cause his feet and legs feel great, no sweat off his brow. This whole medical establishment is a pile of crap...try this or try that lets give him this and see what it does oh look a rash has appeared, oh boy lets try another drug and see what we get.... | I feel that this drug does what it say it will...it also does what it doesn't say it will and the side effects compared to just aspirin are huge. it is totally effective at removing money from your bank account which I think was the real intention. | M | 51 | 3 years | 5/26/2009 | 1 | to prevent another DVT | Longer bleed time. Migraine without pain (memory function, pain in various part of body, numbness, scintilating scotoma, blind spots, vertigo, nausea, euphoria), flatulance. | On it for 6.5 years. Now I find I have monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, low thyroid, and low platelets (probably an auto immune disease). No telling if it's from the Plavix or not but I have my suspicions. Don't take any drug if it's not an absolute necessity | F | 53 | 6.5 years | 5/26/2009 | 1 | stent | abdominal pain, chest pain, blood pressue is higher, cholesterol is higher, tired, legs get heavy feeling | Would like to get off, but don't know how to do it safely. I can't ask my doctor, because he says, I can never get off it. Don't understand that. | F | 71 | 9 months | 5/18/2009 | 1 | Stroke | Severe depression, fatigue, terrible brain fog, memory loss, concentration problems. Blood in urine, hives, RLS symptoms, felt cold all the time. Suicidal feelings. | Only drug I was on. Horrible medicine. Nearly ruined my life. Never felt so bad in my life. Doctors said wasn't indicative of drug. Thought I was going to have to go on disability, couldn't do my job anymore. Thought I was going crazy. Thankful to those writing on this site. Went off drug and switched to asprin and all symptoms disappeared. | M | 47 | 6 months | 5/17/2009 | 1 | med stent | extreme memory loss,always confused,fatigue,fall asleep everywhere/anytime,itching I feel horrible at 45!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doctor says not the Plavix.....didn't have ANY problems at all before Plavix... | am going to stop taking Plavix on my own and just take asprin...I am 45 and need quality of life! I have read several books and take CoQ10,Omega 3,Garlic daily and asprin. Any feedback would be helpful to me...I tried to email others on this site but can't get the email to go out...so please email me.... | M | 45 | 2 years | 5/15/2009 | 3 | 1 stent nov 2008, 2 more Mar 2009 | fatigue, constantly sleepy no matter how much sleep I get, huge bruised areas even though I don't bump into anything, weakness. Did have joint pain. | I don't know if my problems are plavix, crestor, toprol xl, or trandolapril. What I did want to share is something that may help those having pain. I was in a car accident 25 years ago. 5 years ago after continually worsening ankle problems I finally scheduled ankle fusion. At the urging of my wife, I started taking a glucosamin chondroitin supplement called "Move Free". The pain was gone in several days so I canceled the surgery and this is 5 years later. I mention this because after my first stent I stopped taking it and the pain came back after a week. I got back on the supplement even though my Cardiologist thought it was "silly" and have had no problems since. Maybe it will help you too. Hoping to get off prescripts in 5 months. Wish someone would post or email me if they had problems after getting off plavix or any of the other prescripts I am on. Anyone on suppliments other than fish oil that their physician has recommended? I have started taking Omega Q Plus. | M | 46 | 7 months | 5/12/2009 | 1 | DES placement in Mar 09 | Dizzy, light headed, "spaced out", memory loss, fuzzy feeling, MAJOR gastro/intestinal issues, MAJOR fatigue, ALWAYS tired, no energy, no ambition. Feel like CRAP 24/7. Very low quality of life. | HORRIBLE side effects, hate is not strong enough word to describe how I feel about this medication ! Cure worse than disease, not being over dramatic, really feel this strongly. Doc was not forthcoming about Plavix and DES stent, he withheld from me the inconclusive data that suggests that it should possibly be continued for longer than 1 year, maybe even indef. I am very angry that I am stuck on this medication for the next 4 months to a year as it is. I will not stay on it past that point and would rather have a clot and another MI ,than continue Plavix. I will opt for having my chest cut open, take out the stent and having a bypass, than stay on this for the rest of my life.(Are you reading this Bristol-Myers Squibb?). | M | 44 | 60 days | 5/5/2009 | 4 | DES in 99% blocked LAD | easy bruising but no pain, so just cosmetic really, and no bruising problems where it counts: buttocks, or feet, or rectum | not sure how i could rate it a 5 (how do i know that it is really working?); also on 325mg/day aspirin, and taking krill oil and CoQ10. also on 50mg toprol/day, 10mg/day lipitor, enalapril | M | 45 | 110 days | 4/29/2009 | 2 | stent placement | easy bruising, joint pain, depression, unable to sleep and hair loss | F | 55 | 8 months | 4/19/2009 |