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Below are Plavix (Clopidogrel) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 4 ratings/reviews, Plavix has an overall score of 7.75. The effectiveness score is 8.50 and the side effect score is 8.50. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Plavix review by 50 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | replacement of femoral vein in leg |
| Dosage & duration: | | 75 mg taken once a day for the period of 2 months |
| Other conditions: | | roceasa |
| Other drugs taken: | | asprin | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | This is supposed to thin the blood. I don't know how you measure this. |
| Side effects: | | The side effect that I noticed was EXTENSIVE bruising wherever the skin is struck or bumped into something. |
| Comments: | | After taking this drug for about a month and a half, I fell down some cement stairs quite dramatically. The next day I was sore, as can be expected. But I also had HUGE bruises in the spots where I guess I made the most contact or the most severe impact. (I'm lucky I didn't crack my head open or break something!)One bruise was about 6 inches by 6 inches. |
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| | Plavix review by 71 year old male patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | After an angiogram |
| Dosage & duration: | | I think there is just one, a pink tablet taken daily for the period of About seven months |
| Other conditions: | | BPH and Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy |
| Other drugs taken: | | Benicar, Metoprolol, Testim, Doxasozin, Lipitor | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Prevention of blood clot formation after angiogram. The angiogram was required as the patient (myself) has a calcium score of about 4000 (extremely high) and had complained of minor episodes of intermittent weakness in the hands and feet. The angiogram revealed a number of partial arterial blockages being treated first with Lipitor and currently with Crestor, niacin and aspirin. |
| Side effects: | | Mino9r bleeding from the surfacen of the skin in a couple of occasions, minor bruising also in a couple of occassions. |
| Comments: | | I took the tablet once a day, in the morning, together with my other prescribed medications. It caused no other observable side effects as I was able to keep up with a 40 to 50 ho9ur deskn type work week and walking an hour a day o9r more. |
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| | Plavix review by 59 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | strokes |
| Dosage & duration: | | 75mg taken 1 per day for the period of About 5 years and continuing |
| Other conditions: | | high bad cholesterol, elevated blood pressure |
| Other drugs taken: | | ramapril, lipitor | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Since starting the plavix and other meds, I have had no strokes. |
| Side effects: | | Terrible bruising. If I bump my fingers, the joints will swell. |
| Comments: | | I've had one stroke and 15 T.I.A.s. It is a genetic problem, but I have fully recovered from all. The first was in my 30's. I eat a very healthy, low fat, vegetarian diet and I excercise regularily. The meds I take are necessary, however a healthy, acitve lifestyle is critical. |
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| | Plavix review by 65 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Considerably Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | R.A. |
| Dosage & duration: | | 200 mg taken twice per day for the period of 7 yrs. |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | Meloxicam 7.5 mg (Mobic) | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | This regimen eliminated, for the most part, the pain, stiffness, and exhaustion experienced with rheumatoid arthritis. |
| Side effects: | | No side effects at all, other than returning me to an apparently more normal state of health. |
| Comments: | | Initially, stronger drugs such as cortisone were needed to control and stabilize the rheumatoid arthritis. Once that was accomplished, the Plavix/Mobic treatment has been consistently effective for quite a few years. |
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