A newly approved drug thins the blood faster ... its active form considerably faster than it does clopidogrel. Indeed, the approved, 300-mg dose of clopidogrel takes hours to reach full strength ...

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Participants, all event-free after 6 to 18 months following PCI, were randomized 1:1 to receive either clopidogrel (75 mg daily) or aspirin (100 mg daily). Subgroups were classified based on HBR ...

as many as 30% of patients on maintenance clopidogrel (75 mg/day) may show elevated platelet reactivity. Earlier studies also seem to indicate that reloading patients already on maintenance ...

plus extended-release dipyridamole (200 mg) given twice daily, or clopidogrel (75 mg) given once daily. The study was sponsored by the maker of the aspirin/dipyridamole combination (Aggrenox).

A total of 18,624 patients were randomly assigned to receive ticagrelor (180 mg loading dose, 90 mg twice daily thereafter) or clopidogrel 300–600 mg loading dose, 75 mg daily thereafter).