PLAVIX Reviews (CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE)Average Rating: 2.2 (612 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PLAVIX with similar:
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| 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 | 3 | One stent placement | Fatigue and lack of energy; bizarre, recurrent nighttime dreams; blood in urine; occasional short-term memory difficulties. | I don't know if any of these symptoms/side effects are caused by the Plavix, but I do know that I never suffered from any of them prior to taking Plavix. So far, I'm willing to give the drug the benefit of the doubt, but I'm nearing my one-year anniversary on Plavix, and I'll want to have a conversation soon with the cardiologist about whether I need to stay on it. I'm also on 325 mg aspirin daily, and what I don't understand is why it's necessary to take both Plavix and aspirin. Don't they do the same thing? Is one by itself ineffective? | M | 61 | 9 months | 10/18/2008 | 3 | MI non q wave 1 stent 90% blockage | I have severe bruising.and.bleeding with my menstral cycle.. head aches..pain across shoulders and back..fatigue..sores on my legs.. I stopped taking Plavix for 5 days for dental procedure and I felt great | I have a medicated stent and take plavix with baby asprin.. Dr says I have to continue to take plavix even though it has been 1 year since my surgery | F | 46 | 365 days | 10/15/2008 | 2 | stented artery | I ran out of pills and didn't pick up the refill for a week. No "angina" (intermittent pain and pressure mostly felt across my shoulder blades) until I resumed my Rx! A feeling of fullness in chest is back too. I must note however that my major dx is V-Tach and the artery was stented at 50% so maybe a dubious dx distorts my experience. I do have horrible bruising. Dental work gave giant purple bruises like a beard across my chin. I have to explain all these many bruises to my students lest they wonder about domestic violence. It's that bad. Was worse when compounded by whole aspirin therapy stopped @ 6 months post stent. | I believe the main reason I'm on Plavix is to support the coated stent and secondarily, cardiovascular problems, which I do not have. I will be taken off it at the anniversary of its placement, March 2009. | F | 59 | 7 months | 10/10/2008 | 1 | 100% blocked | Diffecuilty breathing, swelling of my face, or throat. chest pain, nausea, sweating, general illl feeling, sudden numbness or weakness, fever, stomach pain, dizziness,and extream fatique. | it's not right for me. been a nightmare. Do not take this medicine. To me this medicine is troubel maker. | M | 37 | 2 months | 9/26/2008 | 1 | mild heart attack | Extreme tiredness, weakness, poor sleeping, pain in extremeties and feeling "spaced out". | I don't tolerate drugs well. Looked up alternatives and found natural means for blood thining :flaxseed and fish oil (Omega3), grapeseed extract, Vit. C, B. E, cayenne and hawthorne for heart and heart arthythmia as well as CoQ10(also for mitra valve prolapse). Vegetables, fruits and fiber to avoid clogging of arteries. Have just started this due to side effects. Stay tuned! | F | 65 | 90 days | 8/29/2008 | 3 | MI in July | easy bruising, pale skin, chest pain | Being 20, I can say that I haven't experienced above symptoms before. I am also noticing my veins along my chest and side have become more apparent. I do not know if this has happened because of the plavix but I would like to rule this out before I become concerned. | F | 20 | 2 months | 8/26/2008 | 5 | stenosis of superior mesenteric art | Increased bruising and prolonged bleeding time. | Taking plavix with 81mg. aspirin. Quite a bit of bruising noted but prefer that to dying from peripheral vascular disease. Had 2 stents placed in the superior mesenteric artery. | F | 51 | 30 days | 8/25/2008 |