plavix and aspirin, may be risky

Filed in archive News , Treatment on March 13, 2006

Many doctors have recommended the blood thinner Plavix, on top of aspirin to prevent heart attacks.

The newly released study warns that those in this combined medication have a reason to stop. The drug combination of Plavix and aspirin not only didn't help most people but it unexpectedly doubled the risk of death, , heart attack or stroke for those with no clogged arteries but with worrisome conditions like high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

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