A single lot of 75-mg clopidogrel tablets that was distributed nationwide is being recalled by the manufacturer due to mislabeling. International Laboratories, LLC voluntarily initiated the recall ...

Rochester, MN - Many cardiologists are switching to a 600-mg loading dose of clopidogrel pre-PCI, as this dose achieves maximal inhibition of platelets in just two hours, which shortens waiting time ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration has approved generic versions of one of the country's top-selling drugs made by eight different companies, the agency said Thursday. The FDA ...

Researchers at 37 sites in South Korea have found patients taking clopidogrel after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) experienced lower rates of both thrombotic and bleeding events than those ...

For the second time in the past six months, a cardiology mainstay drug has lost patent protection and gone generic. Today the FDA announced that it had approved several generic versions of clopidogrel ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have been on Plavix 75 mg and aspirin 81 mg for years, and I drink green tea daily because of its beneficial qualities. I recently heard that green tea has vitamin K and counteracts ...

Individuals who smoke and are treated with clopidogrel have significantly lower rates of persistent platelet reactivity when compared to those who do not smoke, according to an analysis of the ...

Bridgewater/Princeton, NJ-The US FDA has approved a new 300-mg tablet of clopidogrel (Plavix, Sanofi-Aventis/Bristol-Myers Squibb) for use as a loading dose in acute ...

Clopidogrel (Plavix) monotherapy was superior to aspirin monotherapy for long-term post-stent maintenance in patients who had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to results of the HOST ...

Indian pharma majors viz Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Aurobindo Pharma and Torrent Pharma have benefited from approval of generic versions of the blood thinning drug Plavix ...

May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators approved on Thursday the sale of generic versions of the widely used blood clot preventer Plavix by Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd ...

A research team has demonstrated that clopidogrel is more effective than aspirin as a long-term antiplatelet therapy in patients at high risk of recurrent cardiovascular events after coronary stent ...