Antiplatelet medications divide into oral and parenteral agents, and oral agents subdivide further based on the mechanism of action. Aspirin was the first antiplatelet medication and is a cyclooxygenase inhibitor. Other oral antiplatelet include clopidogrel, ticagrelor, and prasugrel, cilostazol, and dipyridamole.
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Antiplatelet drugs are medications that prevent platelets from sticking together and forming blood clots. They're used to treat heart attacks and strokes.
What is this medication? · ASA, also called acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin, Asaphen, Entrophen, Novasen) · clopidogrel (Plavix) · prasugrel (Effient) · ticagrelor ( ...
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An antiplatelet drug (antiaggregant), also known as a platelet agglutination inhibitor or platelet aggregation inhibitor, is a member of a class of ...
1.0 Aspirin. Aspirin is the most widely studied antiplatelet drug. On the basis of > 100 randomized trials in high-risk patients, aspirin reduces vascular death ...
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