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 |
| 1 | 2-08-08 1 Medicated Stent | Joint Pain and swelling Muscle pain and weakness confussion loss of balance and tired. | Symtoms worsened as time went on when I missed a day felt a strong sense of mental clarity return. Doctor said I needed plavix more then food. Symtoms had gotten so bad that I told the Doctor I was stoping 5-11-08. With the help of omega 3 6 and 9 oil natto red yeast rice L-canitine l-citrulline l-argine co q 10 bilberry and Puritan Pride ultra vit-min VM-33. 12-26-08 finaly feel better than before heart attack. I found this in Bottom Lines Ultimate Healing. | M | 55 | 90 days | 12/26/2008 | 2 | 2 + silent heart attacks +stent | weakness,shortness of breath,always tierd ,depression severe at times, mutiple other bruising,bleeding issues | started May 2004 30% heart function quit smoking,changed diet,lost weight did every thing to improve heart function only got side effects never got back to work . 6 months after stopping plavix and every thing else started smoking ate any thing I wanted and felt better untill Nov 2008 another heart attack another stent 25% heart function Different doctor back on Plavix and 5 different drugs Same side effects show up quicker and more intense this time . Quality of life sucks on theese drugs right or wrong I will stop taking them sooner or later | M | 47 | 18 months | 12/23/2008 | 2 | 1 drug eluting stent | started medications on 11/28/2008 atenolol 25mg,ectotrin (aspirn) 325mg and plavix 75mg 1 per day. I started to have vivid dreams,very anxious sometimes then latter on a tired feeling, developed a rash (hive like) on various parts of my body, plus just an overall bad feeling. I think i feel worse now then i did before. | I should have investigated further before having the stent put in. i might have requested a bare mental one instead of the drug eluting type and take my chances of the stent closing again. I can not be 100% sure that my symptons are from the plavix they could be from a combination of all the drugs or the drug on the stent. I can't wait to stop all this medication or possibly reduce it. I am researching the possiblity of doing iv chelation to reduce the plaque build up in the arteries and to see if this could also work as a possible blood thining agent and anti coagulant. If anyone has any info please post | M | 55 | 23 days | 12/21/2008 | 1 | 2 stents in 2-08 | Headaches, nausea, no energy, muscle aches, bad dreams and not sleeping well. Not to mention the damage this drug can do to your liver and kidneys. | Never have taken drugs of any sort other than asprin, then the docs loaded me up with this and the other usual group after a heart attack. I stopped Plavix and the others after a couple of weeks and have not been back on any of them since. The Doc inisisted that I at least stay on the Plavix for a year but I could not. She still thinks I am but I have been taking all natural suppliments. By taking all natural, exercise and diet my blood tests have shown that it can be done without drugs. I feel so much better being off the drugs, have plenty of energy to do the things I want. | M | 67 | 2 weeks | 12/16/2008 | 4 | ! Stent | A few mild side effects as mentioned except I started getting blocked ears about 3 months after taking Plavix but apparently it can't be from Plavix as no one else has had this side effect | M | 62 | 2 years | 12/14/2008 | 3 | To thin blood after stent implant | bruising, excessive bleeding from small cuts. Cannot trace any other problems to PLAVIX. | March 2007 had a stent implanted after experiencing heart pain. A week later a study showed stents are no better than medication. It was publicized on the national news. But now must take a blood thinner to prevent the plaque to build up on the stent. Kind of counterproductive, but too late for me. Plavix is expensive, and the company making it sued the generic equivalent and won. It is all about money. I now take a PLAVIX only every third day. When I run out of pills I may go to Aspirin 81. The Adult Aspirin maybe too strong. But everybody is different. | M | 83 | 20 months | 12/9/2008 | 2 | 3 stents | lack of energy,body aches (back pain)gastritis . Eye problems. Now i am having head pain,sinus problems also. fluid retention | 3 stents 2005, took plavix for 9 months stopped. changed cardiologists develop clogging in neck 60-70% was put back onplavix. been taking for a year. I am tired all the time. Need another opinion. stopped plavix for 4 days felt fine, ankles were normal. I am scared to go the dentist. My cardiologist said i dont need to stop plavix for simple dental procedures. I disagree. When I do go to the dentist I will stop plavix for 5 days. | F | 62 | 1 years | 12/6/2008 | 1 | had two stents put in Sept. of 08 | severe headaches behind my eyes, joint pains, vivid dreams, couldn't sleep most of the time, heartburn,felt terrible all the time. And I only took this med for 2 weeks. They also put me on asprin, losinopril, two cholesteral meds, prilosec and chantix. | After not taking any meds (otc or otherwise) for 15 yrs. (including asprin)I was not happy about taking plavix or any meds. So when I came home I started doing research on alternative meds to cover what the drugs were for.....and found them. But then my kids started hammering me about the plavix and saying to at least stay on it for awhile, so went back on it for 2 days and the headaches returned along with the joint pain so went off it again and it all went away. Haven't taken it (or any drugs)since and feel just fine. My thought on this is: if you can find an alternative herb for the drugs you are told you have to take, DO IT. Once you take a drug for any length of time it is like a snowball rolling down hill......you gather more drugs for symptoms the first ones are causing. Your body is made to heal itself if you give it the right stuff. That's why God put herbs on this earth. They assist your body not cover up the cause of the illness or treat a symptom. | F | 56 | 2 weeks | 12/6/2008 | 2 | 4 cardiac coated stents 11/26/08 | nausea, tingling all over, chest pressure, dizziness, general negative mental issues, symptoms last for a 30 seconds to over 3 hours last night, symptoms caused another trip to the er room on 11/28 two days later and another angiogram | I understand the absolute need to take this medicine for one year, and will try and take it for as long as I can, the other medicine Ticlid may be even worse. Not sure what I will do if symptoms aren't manageable. Take 325 mg aspirin and Crestor | M | 56 | 7 days | 12/3/2008 | 3 | stroke | F | 77 | 7 months | 12/2/2008 | 5 | angioplasty 2 stents | No side effects at all apart from a little itching | Most impressed but then one usually only hears from moaners | M | 75 | 3 years | 11/30/2008 | 1 | pfo closure | horrible joint pain, headaches, dizziness, depression, anxiety, I hate it!!!! been on it 3 weeks now. I am so happy I found this site, I thought I was crazy. I called my dr, going to see him monday to see what else I can take. | F | 36 | 3 weeks | 11/22/2008 | 1 | TIA | Confusion, anxity, inability to speak, horrible sense of doom, trouble urinating, felt like i was having to pass out, dizziness and the worst - suicidal | I think that automatically prescribing Plavix is wrong, when baby aspirin. I was treated as if I was a nut case. The doctors said it couldn't possibly be the Plavix, but the ER nurse (yes I had to go back to Hospital)looked up some info and told me that my symptoms DID occur in about 1-2% of the population. I am now on baby aspirin and am feeling normal again. | F | 67 | 14 days | 11/21/2008 | 5 | Heart Attack & blood clot in heart. | Blead easily for the first 6 months on Plavix. Some light bruising. Some slight difficulty starting urination. | Grrrreat drug. Saved my life. Doc prescribed Plavix for 9 months with 81mg aspirin, with 40 mg Zocor, and Toprol XL. After 6 months on Zocor had to change to a lower dose of Lovastatin because of muscle pain. Stopped taking Plavix after 9 months as prescribed. After being off Plavix for 12 days noticed slight tingling in right arm and sleepiness in afternoon and evening, after 15 days off Plavix Brain Fog set in and I resumed Plavix ASAP! Have been back on Plavix now for 4 days and am waiting for it to kick in again. Still have slight tingling in right arm but the Brain Fog stopped after two days on Plavix. May have to stay on Plavix for several more months or years. It's a life saver. | M | 62 | 9 months | 11/10/2008 | 2 | 2 coated stents in LAD | Extreme fatigue, memory problems, depression, dizziness, swelling in hands, feet, face and abdomen, chest pain, vision problems, feel very blah and out of it, confusion, anxiety, insomnia, get cold easily, burning in stomach, feel need to eat all the time to make stomach feel better, weight gain, shortness of breath, sever pain in right hip, antisocial, brusing on arms, rectal bleeding, my uterus and bladder have dropped, lower abdominal pain. Can't imagine what else is going to happen. | I have never taken medication in my life. I really regret getting these stents (LAD 70% blockage) esp. since the doctor wasn't completely sure he should do it while I was on the table! Plavix, Metoprolol, Lipitor, Aspirin. I do energy healing and am able to make myself feel better for a short while but all these symptoms return plus more. I meditate and walk but have no energy to to anything. I take supplements but I don't see anything counteracting the side effects of Plavix. | F | 56 | 2 months | 11/5/2008 | 2 | Heart Attack | Loss of taste and weight | It might be good for some but not for me | M | 56 | 9 weeks | 11/1/2008 | 3 | Onyx surgery on head aneurysm | The only side effect from surgery and taking Plavix is hair loss and occasional bruising. | M | 51 | 3 weeks | 10/31/2008 | 1 | 2 stents put in in 2005 | Fatigue and takes about 3 or 4 days to recover. | Quit taking August 25th and quality of life is so much better | M | 65 | 3 years | 10/30/2008 | 1 | angioplasty w/ stent in LAD | Inside 2 weeks I began experiencing severe joint pains, which migrated from knees to wrists to elbows, shoulders, ankles. The joint pain was accompanied by swelling and inflammation, fever. The pain in my knees felt like I had been beaten with a baseball bat and my wrists felt like they had been slammed in a door. The puzzling part of these side effects is that the pains may begin in one knee during the night, resolve in that knee but begin in the other knee by the early a.m., then add in an elbow or wrist. The pain was steadily moving until I was taken off the Plavix. The pains continued for another 11 days after coming off Plavix and starting on Ticlid. | My reactions were the "speckled zebra" type of reactions -- rare (according to my doctors). I have now been on Ticlid for 4 weeks and still hoping for no volatile side effects. | F | 56 | 13 days | 10/26/2008 | 1 | 2 medicted stents in March, 2008 | weird, frequent dreams, itching everywhere, excessive short-term memory problems,(confusion and forgetful)depression,dizziness, swelling in feet and face, extreme chest pain, headaches once in a while, frequent cough,feverish feelings,joint pain, vision problems,(elevated ocular pressure), overall BLAH feeling, cuts bleed excessively,insomnia, extreme fatigue, hiccups, get cold easily, lack of desire to do anything, left arm and hand go numb | The itching is about to drive me crazy. I have no medical credentials, but from a patient standpoint, discuss this with your doctor, and avoid it, if at all possible. SEND YOUR DOCTOR TO THIS SITE. There are many plavix lawsuits out there. You need to check them out. | M | 58 | 210 days | 10/20/2008 |