Clopidogrel

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Overview:

Clopidogrel
(when available)

Pharmacology and use:
Clopidogrel, an antiplatelet agent structurally and pharmacologically similar to ticlopidine, is used to reduce atherosclerotic events such as myocardial infarction, stroke, and vascular death in patients who have had a recent stroke, recent MI, or have established peripheral vascular disease. For the reduction of atherosclerotic events (myocardial infarction, stroke, and vascular death) in patients with atherosclerosis documented by recent stroke, recent myocardial infarction, or established peripheral arterial disease

Mechanism Of Action:
The active metabolite of Clopidogrel prevents binding of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) to its platelet receptor, impairing the ADP-mediated activation of the glycoprotein GPIIb/IIIa complex. It is proposed that the inhibition involves a defect in the mobilization from the storage sites of the platelet granules to the outer membrane. No direct interference occurs with the GPIIb/IIIa receptor. As the glycoprotein GPIIb/IIIa complex is the major receptor for fibrinogen, its impaired activation prevents fibrinogen binding to platelets and inhibits platelet aggregation. By blocking the amplification of platelet activation by released ADP, platelet aggregation induced by agonists other than ADP is also inhibited by the active metabolite of Clopidogrel.

News Articles on Clopidogrel

Plavix Patent Protected by Supreme Court Denial  -  14 Nov 2009
...legal battle over the blockbuster drug that began when Apotex applied for FDA approval to market a generic Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) in November 2001. FDA news (subscription)

Older age predicts early mortality after upper GI bleeding  -  14 Nov 2009
Low-dose aspirin was defined as 75 mg/day, and the antithrombotic drugs included clopidogrel, Dipyridamole, and warfarin. Use of NSAIDs had no significant ... Philippine Star

No Gender Gap Found for Clot-Busting Drug  -  ‎Nov 9, 2009‎
9 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used clot-dissolving drug Plavix (clopidogrel) works about the same in women as in men, an analysis of major clinical ... U.S. News & World Report

Clopidogrel in men vs women  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
New York, NY - A new meta-analysis of the major clopidogrel trials has suggested that the drug reduces cardiovascular events and increases bleeding in both ... TheHeart.Org

Clopidogrel Can Be Effective in Reducing Cardiac Risk Drug shown to reduce the ...  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
12 (HealthDay News) -- The antiplatelet drug clopidogrel is likely effective in reducing the risk of cardiovascular events in both men and women, ... ModernMedicine

Patient enrollment completed for first of two Phase 3 trials for SCH 530348 ...  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Patients have been randomized to either placebo plus standard medical care (including aspirin and clopidogrel) or to SCH 530348 as a 2.5mg once daily ... Monthly Prescribing Reference

Pharmaceutical Journal - Endorsement rules change for clopidogrel prescriptions  -  ‎Nov 12, 2009‎
Prescriptions for clopidogrel hydrogen sulphate 75mg tablets will need endorsing with the product supplied from 1 December 2009, the Pharmaceutical Services ... DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

Common Heart Drug Works for Men, too  -  ‎Nov 11, 2009‎
...(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Clopidogrel is a drug commonly prescribed to prevent and treat heart disease in women, but new research may boost its popularity in ... Ivanhoe

Generic Name: Clopidogrel, Iscover, Clopilet, Ceruvin  -  ‎Nov 11, 2009‎
Plavix (generic name: Clopidogrel; brand names: Iscover / Clopilet / Ceruvin) is a prescription medication that belongs to a group of medicines called ... Pattaya Daily News

India 'angered' by EU generic drug seizure  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
Shipment of the drug, clopidogrel, was destined for Venezuela, the news agency said. The customs authorities who seized the tablets alleged patent ... AFP

Medco plans to compare Plavix, Effient in study  -  ‎Oct 20, 2009‎
NEW YORK — Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Tuesday it will compare the blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best selling drug, with the newer Effient. ... The Associated Press

Clopidogrel HCS  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
Pharmacology: Clopidogrel selectively inhibits the binding of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) to its platelet receptor, and the subsequent ADP-mediated ... Irish Medical Times

Medco Launches Plavix(R), Effient(R) Comparative Effectiveness Study Examining ...  -  ‎Oct 20, 2009‎
The study will examine whether the 70 to 75 percent of patients who are "extensive metabolizers" of clopidogrel - because they were born with a normally ... Reuters

What is the appropriate use of chronic medications in the perioperative setting?  -  ‎Nov 5, 2009‎
Clopidogrel therapy is crucial for prevention of in-stent thrombosis (IST) following PCI because patients who experience IST suffer catastrophic myocardial ... The Hospitalist Online

Medco Study to Gauge Whether PGx-Based Plavix Dosing is as Effective as Higher ...  -  ‎Oct 21, 2009‎
In a 13608-patient trial comparing Effient (prasugrel) to Plavix (clopidogrel), fewer patients on the Effient arm experienced non-fatal heart attacks than ... GenomeWeb Daily News

COMUNICADO: Three European Analyses Showed Efient is Cost-Effective Compared ...  -  ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
The analyses showed that treatment with prasugrel compared with branded clopidogrel lowered medical costs due to the demonstrated reduction in the risk of ... Europa Press (Comunicado de prensa)

Heart drug affects men and women differently  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
They analyzed data from five major studies of more than 80000 people, 30 percent of them women, and found that Plavix or clopidogrel cut the risk of having ... msnbc.com

New approaches to eptifibatide administration  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association recommend either an intravenous glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor or clopidogrel before ... Cardiology Today

No cure in sight for India-EU drug seizure controversy  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
But despite the protests, another seizure in October took place when a shipment of 1.74 million tablets of anti-platelet drug Clopidogrel from Mumbai-based ... Business Standard

Right Brains Wanted: Sanofi-Aventis Wants to Tap the Creative Genius of Boston ...  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
Over the next several years Sanofi is facing patent expirations on some of its biggest sellers, such as anti-clotting drug clopidogrel bisulfate (Plavix) ... Xconomy

Choose quality, bio-equivalent generic drugs, patients urged  -  ‎Oct 21, 2009‎
He presented a review of data from large clinical trials on clopidogrel, an oral anti-platelet agent that stops blood clot formation in the arteries of ... Philippine Star

Patients with PAD benefit from versatile medical therapy after intervention  -  ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
Citing results from the CAPRI study, Jaff said that in patients with PAD, clopidogrel bestowed the greatest benefit for the reduction of the combined ... Cardiology Today

Ahead of Pending Studies on PGx-Based Plavix Administration, Is Quest/Scripps ...  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
Earlier this month, Quest announced the launch of a CYP2C19 testing service for stent procedure patients before receiving Plavix (clopidogrel) at Scripps ... GenomeWeb Daily News

ASTRO: Blood Thinners May Lower PSA Failure Risk  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
They determined that 243 patients (37%) were taking warfarin, clopidogrel, or aspirin (alone or in combination) at initial visit or during follow-up. ... MedPage Today

Supreme Court Declines Apotex Appeal Of Plavix Suit  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
Sanofi sued Apotex in 2002, shortly after the generics maker filed an abbreviated new drug application to market clopidogrel bisulfate, sold by Sanofi and ... IP Law360 (subscription)

What's going to be hot at AHA 2009?  -  ‎Nov 11, 2009‎
She highlighted CASCADE, looking at clopidogrel plus aspirin vs aspirin alone in post-CABG patients; and OCTOPUS, a comparison of long-term neurocognitive ... TheHeart.Org

Medco trial to explore genetic impact on Plavix versus Effient  -  ‎Oct 22, 2009‎
The Genotype-Guided Comparison of Clopidogrel and Prasugrel Outcomes Study (GeCCO) will enrol more than 14000 acute coronary syndrome patients who have been ... Pharma Times

EU seizes another generic package  -  ‎Nov 2, 2009‎
Mumbai: In yet another instance of attacks on Indian generics in the European Union, a consignment of 1.74 million tablets of anti-platelet drug clopidogrel ... Daily News & Analysis

Drug safety and your DNA  -  ‎Oct 30, 2009‎
There are three particular drugs where genetic testing might help people use them more appropriately: The anti-clotting drug, clopidogrel, or Plavix, ... Common Ground.ca

How Safe Are Popular Reflux Drugs?  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
Of the various health problems being linked to PPIs, one of the most concerning involves its interaction with the blood thinner clopidogrel (Plavix). ... U.S. News & World Report

Pharmacogenetics in Cardiovascular Antithrombotic Therapy  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
There are consistent data that relate clopidogrel variability response to hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) polymorphisms, mainly, the CYP 2C19 loss-of function ... Cardiosource

The Medicines Company Announces Positive CHMP Opinion for Angiox® (Bivalirudin ...  -  ‎Oct 23, 2009‎
Angiox should be administered with aspirin and clopidogrel. The most common adverse events for Angiox in clinical trials are bleeding and bleeding related ... Reuters

HEALTH: How to prevent swimmer's ear  -  ‎Nov 9, 2009‎
Those who've had an ischemic stroke will be prescribed blood thinning drugs such as antiplatelet drugs (aspirin or clopidogrel) to prevent a recurrent ... New Straits Times

Forecast Insight - Antithrombotics - Market growth dependent on new agents ...  -  ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
The growth can be mainly attributed to the increased uptake of Plavix (clopidogrel) and Lovenox (enoxaparin) in all of the seven major markets. ... PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

New hope on finding better blood thinners  -  ‎Oct 26, 2009‎
Until now, the only oral blood thinners besides warfarin have been Plavix (clopidogrel), the world's second best-selling drug, and aspirin, ... Baltimore Sun

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript  -  ‎Oct 22, 2009‎
Turning to Europe, generic clopidogrel is commercialized in six EU markets; Germany, UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and France. We do anticipate generic ... Seeking Alpha (blog)

Non-Cardiac Surgery and Antiplatelet Therapy Following Coronary Artery Stenting  -  ‎Oct 30, 2009‎
Perioperative clopidogrel use increases major bleeding complications during noncardiac surgery. 8. For patients who require coronary revascularization on ... Cardiosource

Strong earnings growth for Sanofi  -  ‎Oct 30, 2009‎
The cancer drug Taxotere (docetaxel) climbed 1.4% to 526 million euros, while the bloodthinner Plavix (clopidogrel), partnered with Bristol-Myers Squibb, ... Pharma Times

Gene test guides care  -  ‎Oct 31, 2009‎
People with one or more of four mutations to the gene CYP2C19 can't properly process the drug clopidogrel, also known by its brand name, Plavix. ... San Diego Union Tribune

European Panel Backs Medicines Co.'s Angiox For Extended Use - Update  -  ‎Oct 23, 2009‎
...elevation myocardial infarction planned for urgent or early intervention. Angiox is to be administered with aspirin and clopidogrel. by RTT Staff Writer. RTT News

Sanofi-aventis Delivers a Solid Performance in Third Quarter 2009  -  ‎Oct 30, 2009‎
In Europe, the product is facing competition from generics using clopidogrel with a different salt from that used by Plavix® (clopidogrel hydrogen sulphate) ... Reuters

NICE Guidance Recommends Option For Preventing Arterial Blood Clots In People ...  -  ‎Nov 3, 2009‎
...attack) is necessary or a blood clot blocking a stent has occurred during treatment with a drug called clopidogrel or the patient has diabetes mellitus. ... Medical News Today (press release)

Beyond the Abstract - Fibrin clot inhibitor medication and efficacy of ...  -  ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
...conditions for which they have been prescribed medications which impede fibrin clot formation, such as aspirin, clopidogrel, and warfarin. ... UroToday

Informatics Reaps $92M in NIH Stimulus Grants; Support Centers, Sequence ...  -  ‎Oct 23, 2009‎
...to the "commonly used" cardiovascular antihypertensives atenolol and hydrochlorothiazide and the antiplatelet therapies clopidogrel and aspirin. ... GenomeWeb Daily News

Eli Lilly/Daiichi Sankyo's Efient gets restricted access to NHS  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
...thinner Plavix (clopidogrel), or if patients have diabetes mellitus, as it considers Efient a cost-effective use of resources in these circumstances. ... Pharma Times

Cardiac Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria  -  ‎Oct 19, 2009‎
...thrombosis as a result of inflammatory reaction, insufficient antiplatelet therapy, or resistance to clopidogrel therapy, aspirin therapy, or both. ... The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

B-MS posts strong sales for most of its drugs  -  ‎Oct 23, 2009‎
Biopharmaceutical turnover was up 6% to $4.80 billion, driven by Plavix (clopidogrel), up 8% to $1.55 billion, while sales of Abilify (aripiprazole) climbed ... Pharma Times

UK Clinical Pharmacy Association announces affiliation with BCS  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
...group to have an affiliation with BCS although the two groups have had some dealings in the past with their endorsements of our clopidogrel card. ... DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

8es Victoires de la Médecine : les Prs Martine Gilard et Jacques Boschat ...  -  ‎Nov 13, 2009‎
Ces travaux sur les allèles du cytochrome 2C19 conférant une résistance au clopidogrel, ont permis d'élaborer une stratégie thérapeutique basée sur un ... theheart.org/fr

Sanofi-Aventis : Teva Santé saisit l'Autorité de la Concurrence  -  ‎Nov 4, 2009‎
Teva Santé, qui rappelle que l'EMEA a délivré une autorisation de mise sur le marché générique de Plavix 75 mg pour son clopidogrel HCS, estime que le géant ... Boursier.com

… wins approval to bring blood thinner clopidogrel to German market  -  May 28, 2008
ZURICH (Thomson Financial) - Schweizerhall Holdings AG. said it won approval from Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices to sell the ... Forbes

Use of Clopidogrel Linked To Lower Risk of Death Or Heart Attack  -  Dec 7, 2006
For patients with drug-eluting stents who are event-free at six months follow-up (have not had subsequent cardiovascular events or procedures), the extended ... emaxhealth.com

Does combined clopidogrel and statin therapy benefit patients with...  -  Jul 13, 2005
Lim MJ et al. (2005) Impact of combined pharmacologic treatment with clopidogrel and a statin on outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute ... Nature.com

Evaluation of Prasugrel Compared With Clopidogrel in Patients with …  -  Nov 4, 2007
Use of a novel thienopyradine, prasugrel, is associated with significantly lower rates of ischemic endpoints compared to standard-dose clopidogrel. ... Cardiosource

Rebound clotting risk with clopidogrel withdrawal  -  Feb 6, 2008
...by Dr Linda Calabresi. Patients might need to stay on clopidogrel indefinitely to avoid the rebound thrombotic effect that occurs when the drug is stopped, ... 6minutes

Court Upholds Patent on Plavix  -  Jun 20, 2007
Apotex had argued that the drug clopidogrel bisulphate, a salt, was an obvious variation on another older patent held by Sanofi-Aventis. ... New York Times

Suspected clopidogrel resistance in a patient with acute stent...  -  Oct 10, 2005
Background A 67-year-old man with supraventricular tachycardia associated with angina underwent coronary angiographic assessment. ... Nature.com

Is clopidogrel associated with poor outcome in patients with non-ST- …  -  Aug 18, 2006
Correspondence Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Room F3-236, Meibergdreef 9, PO Box 22660, Amsterdam 1100 DD, The Netherlands. ... Nature.com

First 90 Days After Stopping Plavix Most Dangerous  -  Feb 5, 2008
The study does not address the issue of how long Plavix (clopidogrel) may ... "We looked at people who took different lengths of clopidogrel treatment," Ho ... Washington Post

Does clopidogrel pretreatment counteract the benefits of off-pump...  -  Jun 13, 2006
Kapetanakis EI et al. (2006) Effect of clopidogrel premedication in off-pump cardiac surgery: are we forfeiting the benefits of reduced hemorrhagic sequelae ... Nature.com

Hope over heart attack treatment  -  Nov 4, 2005
Oxford University researchers looked at the effect of adding the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel to aspirin, which is often given to heart attack victims. ... BBC News

Does prolonged clopidogrel therapy improve outcome in patients with …  -  Jan 29, 2007
Eisenstein EL et al. (2007) Clopidogrel use and long-term clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation. JAMA 297: 159–168 PubMed ... Nature.com

Clopidogrel decreases arteriovenous fistula thrombosis but does not …  -  Jun 5, 2008
This Practice Point commentary discusses Dember et al.'s randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of clopidogrel treatment after the creation of ... Nature.com

Can clopidogrel and aspirin lower mortality in patients with acute …  -  Sep 1, 2006
Chen et al.; COMMIT (ClOpidogrel and Metoprolol in Myocardial Infarction Trial) collaborative group (2005) Addition of clopidogrel to aspirin in 45852 ... Nature.com

Is clopidogrel plus aspirin more cost-effective than aspirin alone in...  -  Apr 24, 2005
Schleinitz MD and Heidenreich PA (2005) A cost-effectiveness analysis of combination antiplatelet therapy for high-risk acute coronary syndromes: ... Nature.com

Schweizerhall says near generic Plavix launch  -  May 9, 2008
The European market for Clopidogrel is now about 3.2 billion Swiss francs ($3.1 billion), it said. Analysts at Deutsche Bank noted that the European patents ... MarketWatch

Is prasugrel superior to clopidogrel for patients with acute coronary...  -  Nov 26, 2007
Wiviott SD et al. for the TRITON-TIMI 38 Investigators (2007) Prasugrel versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes. ... Nature.com

Apotex Launches First Generic Plavix®  -  Aug 8, 2006
Weston, Florida, August 8, 2006 -- Apotex Corp. announced that it has today launched clopidogrel bisulfate 75 mg tablets. Clopidogrel is the generic ... Angioplasty.Org

… platelet inhibition when compared with clopidogrel in patients...  -  Jun 28, 2006
Clopidogrel in combination with aspirin reduces the number of events related ... In addition, 45% of patients in the clopidogrel group were nonresponders at ... Nature.com

Double Plavix cuts risk from heart procedures-study  -  May 11, 2007
Plavix, known chemically as clopidogrel, is sold by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ... Roughly half of the patients were pretreated with 300 mg of clopidogrel and ... Reuters

New Drug Shows Promise in Use With Coronary Stents  -  Mar 29, 2008
The standard treatment uses the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) with aspirin. Both prasugrel (Effient) and clopidogrel belong to a group of compounds called ... Washington Post

Clopidogrel for Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization Time for More...  -  Sep 4, 2005
Antiplatelet agents—aspirin, thienopyridines, and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GpIIb/IIIa) inhibitors—have become cornerstones in the treatment of ischemic heart ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

Impact of P-glycoprotein on clopidogrel absorption  -  Jul 17, 2006
1 Institut für Pharmakologie, Klinikum I für Innere Medizin, and Institut für Gastroenterologie, Klinikum der Universität zu Köln, Cologne, and Deutsches ... Nature.com

Gene Ups Risk for Those on Blood-Thinner Plavix  -  Dec 21, 2008
But some patients do not do well on Plavix (clopidogrel). ... He added that "new treatments that work more reliably than clopidogrel should hopefully be ... Forbes

Anti-inflammatory effects of clopidogrel intake in renal transplant...  -  May 19, 2005
...* This study was supported in part by a grant from Fujisawa, Munich, Germany, and Sanofi-Synthelabo, Berlin, Germany. ... Nature.com

Plavix Disappoints in Clinical Study  -  Mar 13, 2006
For patients who had heart disease, adding clopidogrel to aspirin and other standard therapy reduced the relative risk of a recurrent heart attack, ... TheStreet.com - TheStreet.com (subscription)

The Economic Consequences of Non-Evidence-Based Clopidogrel Use: …  -  Jan 20, 2007
In a cohort of Medicare patients newly prescribed clopidogrel, we found that only 56% had documented diagnoses, indicating that this drug was necessary (as ... Medscape

Heart experts reassure on aspirin  -  Jun 2, 2005
It says the more expensive anti-clotting drug clopidogrel should only be ... "The only real mention of clopidogrel is for people who are aspirin intolerant. ... BBC News

Stroke Related to Cocaine Use  -  Feb 13, 2008
Clopidogrel may be used if aspirin cannot be taken but it is not better than aspirin. Combining aspirin and clopidogrel together does not have any more ... New York Times

… New Indication for PLAVIX(R) (clopidogrel bisulfate) Offering New...  -  Aug 17, 2006
PARIS, and PRINCETON, NJ, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today ... Free with registration - PR Newswire - AccessMyLibrary.com

German court backs immediate generic Plavix  -  Jul 29, 2008
Clopidogrel besylate is a generic formulation of Plavix, which also goes under the brand name Iscover. Sanofi and Bristol, which are just recovering from ... Reuters UK

Clopidogrel for Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization Time for More...  -  Sep 14, 2005
Antiplatelet agents—aspirin, thienopyridines, and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GpIIb/IIIa) inhibitors—have become cornerstones in the treatment of ischemic heart ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

Clopidogrel Helps Reduce Mortality in Patients With Diabetes After...  -  May 11, 2007
By Thomas S. May. ORLANDO, FL -- May 11, 2007 -- Extended use of clopidogrel helps reduce the incidence of death and myocardial infarction (MI) in patients ... DG News

… Approves New Indication For Plavixо (clopidogrel Bisulfate)...  -  Aug 20, 2006
Sanofi-aventis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental new drug ... Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)

Aggrastat cuts heart attack risk after angioplasty  -  Sep 2, 2008
The Aggrastat trial studied 263 patients who were poor responders to aspirin or clopidogrel and who underwent coronary angioplasty -- a procedure which ... Reuters

Does Clopidogrel Each Day Keep Stent Thrombosis Away?  -  Jan 10, 2007
The polymer-based elution of antiproliferative medications from a metal stent prosthesis has been demonstrated to suppress neointimal proliferative response ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

ACC: Clopidogrel Reduces Risk of Death, Complications in Major Heart ...  -  Mar 11, 2005
By Ed Susman,. The results of the Clopidogrel and Metoprolol in Myocardial Infarction Trial (COMMIT) of nearly 46000 heart attack patients indicated that ... MedPage Today

Clopidogrel Helps Patients With Established Heart Disease, Not "At...  -  Mar 15, 2006
By Ed Susman. ATLANTA, GA -- March 15, 2006 -- The platelet aggregation inhibitor clopidogrel (Plavix) failed to show superiority against aspirin alone in ... DG News

The Cataract National Dataset electronic multicentre audit of 55 567 ...  -  Feb 8, 2008
Clopidogrel or warfarin use was associated with a significant increase in ... Clopidogrel and dipyridamole are newer antiplatelet medications and have not ... Nature.com

Study Finds Longer Clopidogrel Rx Reduces Risk Of Heart Attack, Death...  -  May 19, 2007
A study showing that diabetic patients who are treated with long-term anti-clotting therapy are less likely to have a heart attack or die more than a year ... Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)

… ) Injection When Added to Clopidogrel Provided Superior Platelet …  -  Mar 1, 2005
..."We have previously reported data suggesting that the use of clopidogrel in ... Patients were randomized to one of four treatment groups: clopidogrel (300 ... RedOrbit

Swiss Acino says wins court case over generic drug  -  Sep 30, 2008
Acino said in a statement a German court had dismissed objections against the immediate enforcement of approval in Germany for its clopidogrel, a generic ... Reuters

Should all patients at high risk of atherothrombotic events receive...  -  May 18, 2006
Bhatt DL et al. for the CHARISMA Investigators (2006) Clopidogrel and ... It is not known whether dual aspirin and clopidogrel therapy can reduce the ... Nature.com

Optimal pre-PCI 600mg clopidogrel loading: PRAGUE-8 - HOTLINE 2  -  Sep 3, 2007
Clopidogrel pre-treatment before planned PCI was proved to reduce periprocedural complications. However, majority of patients do not undergo planned PCI, ... European Society of Cardiology

… Shows Better Platelet Inhibition Than Clopidogrel: Presented at ACC  -  Mar 9, 2005
Clopidogrel, a thienopyridine derivative, is standard therapy after coronary ... TIMI-38 is comparing prasugrel and clopidogrel in up to 13000 patients with ... DG News

Schweizerhall drug launch in Germany delayed  -  Jul 17, 2008
Clopidogrel will be marketed in Germany by Novartis (NOVN.VX) generics unit Sandoz and Germany's Ratiopharm. Schweizerhall confirmed its outlok for 2008 ... Reuters

Abciximab following clopidogrel reduces post-PCI complications in …  -  Jul 10, 2006
Kastrati A et al. (2006) Abciximab in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention after clopidogrel pretreatment: ... Nature.com

… Receiving a Combination of Aspirin, Clopidogrel, and Enoxaparin in...  -  Jun 19, 2007
The combination of aspirin, clopidogrel, and enoxaparin (combination therapy) is the standard treatment for acute coronary syndrome but is associated with ... Nature.com

Adding Aspirin to Clopidogrel Therapy: Benefit vs. Risk  -  Apr 1, 2005
Antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel has provided significant secondary prevention for patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and ischemic stroke. ... AAFP News Now

Newer Blood Pressure Drug No Better Than Placebo in Preventing Stroke  -  Aug 27, 2008
Persantine (Dipyridamole) plus aspirin or Plavix (clopidogrel) in preventing new strokes among the same group of patients as in the first study. ... Washington Post

… is first MI advance in years: combining clopidogrel and aspirin...  -  May 1, 2005
Adding a brief course of clopidogrel to standard aspirin therapy in patients with ... Marc S. Sabatine, MD, presented the results of the Clopidogrel as ... Pay-Per-View - Internal Medicine News - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Lilly sets new prasugrel trial after mixed results  -  Nov 6, 2007
The 10000-patient trial, called Trilogy ACS, will compare prasugrel to Plavix (clopidogrel) in patients with acute coronary syndromes, a group of conditions ... Reuters India

… Investigational Drug AZD6140 To Clopidogrel For Inhibition Of...  -  Mar 14, 2006
In the clopidogrel-only group, the mean decrease in PA across time points ... PLATO is a head to head outcomes study of AZD6140 versus clopidogrel being ... Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)

Lilly/Daiichi Sankyo's prasugrel cuts CV AEs 19% vs Plavix, but side ...  -  Nov 12, 2007
Branded clopidogrel has a wholesale of price of $3.89 per tablet. US co-marketer Bristol-Myers Squibb's third-quarter 2007 revenues from the blood thinner ... $4.95 - Pharma Marketletter - ECNext

Aspirin Resistance Boosts Heart Risks in Cardiac Patients  -  Jan 18, 2008
The researchers also found that other blood-thinning drugs, such as Clopidogrel or Tirofiban, did not provide any benefit to aspirin-resistant patients. ... Washington Post

Emergency clopidogrel could save 1000's of lives worldwide - findings...  -  Mar 9, 2005
Adding the anti-platelet drug clopidogrel to aspirin for the emergency treatment of heart attacks could save thousands of lives a year worldwide and prevent ... Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)

Aspirin and Clopidogrel in the Acute Treatment of Ischemic Stroke  -  Jan 1, 2007
According to data published by the American Heart Association (AHA) in their 2006 update of heart disease and stroke statistics, "on average, someone in the ... Psychiatric Times

Novartis to sell generic Plavix for 25 pct less  -  Aug 6, 2008
..."Hexal is sending a powerful signal: it will be marketing clopidogrel at a price roughly 25 percent below that of Plavix/Iscover," the Novartis unit said in ... Reuters India

Sanofi-Aventis says generic Plavix launch by Dr. Reddy 'highly...  -  Jan 17, 2008
Dr. Reddy's received marketing approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for Clopidogrel Bisulfate, a generic version of Sanofi's blood-thinning drug ... MarketWatch

Desensitization protocol overcomes allergy to clopidogrel  -  May 12, 2006
By Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, A careful desensitization protocol can help patients overcome allergic reactions to ... RxPG NEWS

… cerebrovascular stent placement respond poorly to clopidogrel  -  Feb 6, 2008
Clopidogrel (Plavix) and aspirin are medications routinely prescribed for 1-3 months following cerebrovascular stent placement to combat the risk of blood ... Science Centric

Heart Attack Secondary Prevention - Heart Attack Health Information -...  -  Jul 15, 2008
If you have had a stent inserted, you must take clopidogrel (Plavix) along ... Clopidogrel (Plavix) may also be prescribed as maintenance therapy for other ... New York Times

When Clopidogrel Stops, ACS Patients Have 90-Day Spike in MI and …  -  Feb 5, 2008
By Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, MedPage Today. DENVER, Feb. 5 -- Acute coronary syndrome patients who stop clopidogrel (Plavix) therapy are at risk for ... MedPage Today

Clopidogrel Before Angioplasty Cuts in Half Risk of Death and...  -  Sep 4, 2005
BOSTON and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) finds that early use of clopidogrel, ... RedOrbit

Clopidogrel Treatment Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  -  Mar 13, 2006
Worldwide, more than 2 million patients will be treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) this year, with approximately half of these ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

Box 1 : Triggers, targets and treatments for thrombosis : Nature  -  Feb 21, 2008
Clopidogrel, the most widely used drug in this class, is used to treat patients with ... Clopidogrel is also administered to those undergoing percutaneous ... Nature.com

Health Insurance Rules Affect Medical Outcomes  -  Oct 21, 2008
Immediate use of Plavix (clopidogrel) is recommended along with aspirin for anyone who has a stent implanted to help keep blood flowing after an ... Forbes

Aspirin Plus Clopidogrel Debated for ACS Patients in ED  -  Mar 16, 2007
March 16, 2007 (Las Vegas) -- "There is a great deal of controversy regarding the combination therapy of aspirin (ASA) plus clopidogrel" for patients with ... Medscape

Clopidogrel reloading worthwhile in acute coronary syndromes  -  Apr 1, 2008
CHICAGO, Ill. (April 1, 2008) Many patients who come to the cardiac catheterization laboratory for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are already ... Genetic Engineering News - Genetic Engineering News (press release)

Clopidogrel reloading worthwhile in acute coronary syndromes  -  Apr 3, 2008
New technique could eliminate inherited mitochondrial disease — [26 Aug 2009] — Researchers have developed an experimental technique with the potential to ... Science Centric

Clopidogrel in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Learning From ...  -  Nov 13, 2006
We appreciate the interest and the comments by Ziegelstein regarding our article. 1 Ziegelstein pointed out that the lack of long-term clopidogrel use among ... Archives of Internal Medicine

Genetic variation makes Plavix less effective-study  -  Dec 22, 2008
259 men and women younger than 45 years old who survived a heart attack and were on the drug known generically as clopidogrel for just over a year. ... Reuters

… Priority Review to PLAVIX(R) (Clopidogrel Bisulfate) Supplemental...  -  Jan 18, 2006
PARIS, and PRINCETON, NJ, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced today that the US ... Free with registration - PR Newswire - AccessMyLibrary.com

Clopidogrel Treatment Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  -  Apr 5, 2006
Worldwide, more than 2 million patients will be treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) this year, with approximately half of these ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

Tailored Clopidogrel Treatment Reduces Risk of Stent Thrombosis: …  -  Nov 10, 2008
By Ed Susman. NEW ORLEANS -- November 10, 2008 -- Adding extra doses of clopidogrel to overcome resistance to the regimen appears to significantly reduce ... DG News

Angiology; Study: Clopidogrel before angioplasty nearly halves risk...  -  Oct 4, 2005
2005 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) finds that early use of clopidogrel, an oral antiplatelet medication, ... Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow Jones

CYP2C19 reduces clopidogrel efficacy, ACS patient outcome  -  Dec 24, 2008
By Lynda Williams. MedWire News: Variant forms of a cytochrome P-450 (CYP) enzyme alter a patient's ability to metabolize clopidogrel, say US researchers ... Medwire (subscription)

Drug does not increase suitability for dialysis of surgically...  -  May 13, 2008
The anti-platelet drug clopidogrel reduced the frequency of early blood clot ... Participants were randomly assigned to receive clopidogrel (n = 441) or ... eurekalert.org

Can Aspirin With Clopidogrel or Statins Reduce Recurrent Stroke Risk?...  -  Jun 5, 2007
By Rachel Tilley. GLASGOW, UK -- June 5, 2007 -- Researchers showed that combined aspirin and clopidogrel taken within 24 hours of stroke onset reduced ... DG News

Clopidogrel Reduces Death and Recurrent Heart Attack  -  Mar 23, 2006
In efforts to further understand the impact of "clot busters" on helping prevent recurrent heart attacks, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) at the American ... emaxhealth.com

Competition starts with a 25% reduction in the price of Clopidogrel  -  Aug 18, 2006
1. Plavix (Clopidogrel) with sales in the US in excess of 3 billion dollars currently costs $4 dollars a day. Apotex generic clopidogrel is reported to ... Gerson Lehrman Group

Metabolic Defect Confirmed in Clopidogrel 'Resistance'  -  Dec 23, 2008
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today. BOSTON, Dec. 23 -- Genetic variants affecting conversion of clopidogrel (Plavix) to its active metabolite were ... MedPage Today

COMMIT confirms clopidogrel benefit in MI  -  Mar 9, 2005
Orlando, FL - The COMMIT/CCS-2 Chinese megatrial in almost 46 000 MI patients has shown a significant reduction in mortality with clopidogrel treatment ... Medscape

High-dose clopidogrel before stenting cuts heart attack risk in half  -  May 15, 2007
Pretreatment with double-dose anticlotting medication just before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cuts the combined risk of heart attack and ... News-Medical.net

Clopidogrel and Aspirin Combination Safe After Off-Pump Coronary …  -  Mar 28, 2007
By Danny Kucharsky. NEW ORLEANS, LA -- March 28, 2007 -- Use of clopidogrel in addition to aspirin is safe in terms of bleeding complications among patients ... DG News

Lilly, Sankyo: Prasugrel shown more effective vs clopidogrel.  -  Oct 23, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Eli Lilly and Co. and Daiichi Sankyo Co. on Monday said a Phase I study of the investigational antiplatelet compound ... Free with registration - America's Intelligence Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com

Study: Lilly Experimental Drug Outperforms Existing Blood Thinner  -  Mar 31, 2008
1.19 percent in clopidogrel-treated patients (p<0.0001). DES-implanted patients had lower rates of stent thrombosis compared to BMS-implanted patients, ... insideindianabusiness.com

Clopidogrel reduces risk of adverse events for patients with acute …  -  Mar 14, 2006
Patients with acute coronary syndromes who were pre-treated with the anti-platelet agent clopidogrel before undergoing a procedure such as balloon ... News-Medical.net

The impact of generic Plavix (clopidogrel)  -  Sep 5, 2006
Plavix is indicated for patients who have undergone angioplasty and stenting, those at high risk of recurrent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events as ... Gerson Lehrman Group

Clopidogrel and Long-term Outcomes After Drug-Eluting Stent …  -  Apr 25, 2007
To the Editor: Dr Eisenstein and colleagues 1 assessed the association between long-term clopidogrel use and clinical outcomes after drug-eluting stent ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

Prasugrel more effective than clopidogrel but associated with...  -  Dec 1, 2007
ORLANDO —The thienopyridine prasugrel was more effective than clopidogrel at lowering ischemic events but had one drawback: increased bleeding. ... Cardiology Today

ESC Statement On The CHARISMA Trial On Clopidogrel (Plavix)  -  Mar 21, 2006
While the CHARISMA trial (Clopidogrel for High Atherothrombotic Risk and Ischemic Stabilization, Management and Avoidance) results have shown no benefit ... Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)

Genetics and Clopidogrel Response  -  Dec 24, 2008
December 24, 2008 (Paris, France) – Acute-MI patients who possess the genetic variant linked previously with variability in the antiplatelet response to ... Medscape

JAMA -- Effect of Clopidogrel Pretreatment Before Percutaneous …  -  Sep 14, 2005
You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing and what you ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin Vs Warfarin in AF  -  Dec 8, 2005
December 8, 2005 -- In September 2005, investigators from McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) announced that they had stopped a trial that was ... Medscape

Subsidy agreed for heart drug  -  Sep 29, 2006
The Government's drug-buying agency said the subsidy for clopidogrel would ... Clopidogrel is prescribed to those awaiting coronary surgery and to people ... New Zealand Herald

The Hindu : New Delhi News : Briefly  -  Nov 13, 2005
..."Aspirin is a standard emergency treatment but administering clopidogrel, the world's fourth biggest selling drug, on a person who had suffered a heat ... Hindu

Clinical focus: Aspirin, clopidogrel or both?  -  Jun 13, 2006
Clinical focus: Aspirin, clopidogrel or both? Vanessa Sherwood MRPharmS discusses the use of antiplatelet drugs in primary care ... $9.94 - Pharmacy Today - Alacra Store

Effect of Clopidogrel With and Without Aspirin on Bleeding Following ...  -  Mar 30, 2005
Background: Clopidogrel, a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation, is being commonly prescribed in the elderly population due to its benefits in patients ... RedOrbit

Clopidogrel Reduces Recurrent Vascular Events With Better Safety …  -  Jun 1, 2007
By Rachel Tilley. GLASGOW, UK -- June 1, 2007 -- Clopidogrel reduced the risk of recurrent vascular events in Japanese patients with noncardioembolic stroke ... DG News

Brand Names/Synonyms:
Clopidogrel is also known by the following brand names and/or synonymsCLOPIDOGREL SULFATE; Clopidogrel; Clopidogrel [Ban:Inn]; Plavix

Drug Category:
Clopidogrel is categorized under the following by the FDA: Antiplatelet Agents; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Fibrinolytic Agents; ATC:B01AC04

Dosage Forms:
round, biconvex, film- coated tablet

Absorption:
at least 50%

Interactions:
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Chemical IUPAC Name:
methyl2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(7-thia-3-azabicyclo[4.3.0]nona-8,10-dien-3-yl)ethanoate





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