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 |
| 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 | 1 | prescribed after angioplasty 4 sten | two days after starting plavix 75mg one a day I started with SEVERE itching all over and then came out in a rash (like a nettle rash)(poison ivy?)all parts of my body swelled especially hands and was accompanied by pain. I have gastro problems indigestion ect and have been unable to eat without retching. sleep problems/have now developed SEVERE pain in shoulders/wrists/fingers but swelling has subsided. | Will continue to take this untill I am able to see my cardiologist mid january but if these problems persist will ask to be taken off it | M | 58 | 7 days | 12/7/2006 | 2 | ? of stroke | banging heart, skipped heart beats, pulse up and down , cant sleep now, 4 hours a night, 2hours days, most complantS @ 4 or 5 BEFORE SUPPER, IM FINE AFTER SLEEP, AND GO TO WORK. | ITCHING, REBOUND H/A, BEEN ON PLAVIX FOR FIVE YEARS, I AM 64YEARS OLD | F | 64 | 5 years | 12/5/2006 | 2 | Small vessels/ history of cva/tias | Hives under the skin on hands, blurry vision, diarrhea and the surprising one is depression | I was on Plavix and ASA for a long time. Started bleeding and bruising and had angioedema on hands. Stopped Plavix but stayed on ASA. Had some circulatory problems and was put back on Plavix. Old symptoms returned. I had gone through a long and difficult depression which disappeared when Plavix was stopped but didn't relate it until I went back on. The depression hit after a week on the drug. | F | 61 | 2 years | 11/23/2006 | 3 | Heart Stent | I had all of the usual side effects such as brusing and difficulty in stopping bleeding from nicks and cuts. But more alarming, I was in a continuous dase, like I had too much to drink. Sometimes my speech was slurred. I was confused and forgetful. I would think that I had done something, like buy a gallon of milk, only to discover that I hadn't. One time I left a whole cart of groceries sitting in the parking lot because I forgot to put them in the car. There was nothing on the side effects web site about this haze. I thought I was loosing my mind. Two weeks after I was taken off of Plavix, the fog started lifting and I was back to normal. | I think that this drug has some pretty nasty side effects. I almost lost my job because of it. I would have rated it lower but it did what it was supposed to do. I just wished I had known about the side effects. | M | 52 | 12 months | 11/15/2006 | 3 | 3 medicated Stents (heart attack) | Bruising and bleeding if I scratch myself. Lot of sheets/pillow cases ruined. Have also ruined shirts from scratching. I do not think any other problems are due to the Plavix as I am taking the other normal heart medicine and the beta blocker is by far the bigger culprit. | My major concern is "how long" as it is just a matter of time before I need some surgery. I came off for 10 days (successfully) for colonoscopy and a gall bladder surgery but skipped the surgery. Medicine needs to come up with a method to check the stents to see if they have been overgrown and it is safe to come off the Plavix. Feel like I am playing Russian roulette with an automatic. I was told I could come off aspirin but am taking every other day which has reduced the tininitis. | M | 62 | 3 years | 11/10/2006 | 3 | Had medicated stent | After taking a stress test a 99% blockage showed up. On 5/4/06 I had a medicated stent put in. Sent me home the next day. Was doing great after being put on Plavix on 5/4/06. Was back to my daily routine of a 40 minute 124 steps PM walk. Blood pressure was fine.I have always had minor nosebleeds but I could stop the bleeding after an hour or less. Then on 10/21/06 had a minor nosebleed, stopped that then an hour later had a MAJOR nosebleed that would pour out. Was rushed to hospital and taken to OR where they (EENT doctor) packed my nose to stop the bleeding ... but it still bled. I was given 2 transfusions, I lost that much blood from the bleeding and vomiting blood. Anyway, I was taken off the Plavix and (baby) aspirin to stop the bleeding. My BP was crazy ... up and down. They finally got that fixed but it took 5 days in ICU before they could slow down the bleeding. I was told it took 8 days alone to get the aspirin out of my system. On the afternoon of the 8th day they let me go h | After reading the comments. etc about Plavix I'm very concerned. All I want some advice about what the best alternative for me is. These comments I have read have helped me ... big time. Up until i had the stent thing I had a fantastic healthy life. And I'm thankful for that! | M | 81 | 5 months | 11/10/2006 | 1 | heart attach | my body did not feel right. | does more harm than good | M | 62 | 21 weeks | 10/26/2006 |