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).

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 ...

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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 ...

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).

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 ...