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Antiplatelet drugs are widely used in primary and secondary prevention of thrombotic disease, especially myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. [1] Antiplatelet therapy with one or more of these drugs decreases the ability of blood clots to form by interfering with the platelet activation process in primary hemostasis. Antiplatelet drugs ...
Ticlopidine, sold under the brand name Ticlid, is a medication used to reduce the risk of thrombotic strokes. [1] It is an antiplatelet drug in the thienopyridine family which is an adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor inhibitor.
Eptifibatide (Integrilin, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, also co-promoted by Schering-Plough/Essex), is an antiplatelet drug of the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor class. [1] Eptifibatide is a cyclic heptapeptide derived from a disintegrin protein ( P22827 ) found in the venom of the southeastern pygmy rattlesnake ( Sistrurus miliarius barbouri ).
Antiplatelet agents and dual antiplatelet therapy. These drugs, which include aspirin, prevent blood clotting in patients with various types of heart disease. ARBs and ARNIs.
Generally, drugs outlined within the ATC code B01AC should be included in this category. Please see WP:PHARM:CAT for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Antiplatelet drugs .
Generally, drugs outlined within the ATC code B01 should be included in this category. Please see WP:PHARM:CAT for more information. The main article for this category is Antithrombotic agents .
Clopidogrel, sold under the brand name Plavix among others, is an antiplatelet medication used to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke in those at high risk. [10] It is also used together with aspirin in heart attacks and following the placement of a coronary artery stent (dual antiplatelet therapy). [10]
The combination drug acetylsalicylic acid/dipyridamole (trade names Aggrenox, Asasantin) is a drug combination of: [1] Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) - An extremely common NSAID that has anticoagulant effects; Dipyridamole, a drug that inhibits platelet activation [2] when given chronically and causes vasodilation when given at high doses over ...