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"In most cases, patients are given these medicines for 1 year". Not true bro, one of the medicines is stopped but you have to continue with the other one (usually aspirin 80 to 100mg, called baby aspirin - the proprietary Cardiprin for example - if tolerated) for lifetime. Why aspirin? Simply because it's much cheaper than clopidogrel. Since aspirin has gastric issues for me, all the cardiologists I consult ask me to be on Plavix (clopidogrel) as long as I live. Scary eh?
I was on Plavix for 2 weeks but i hv discomfort arount my chest.. the cardio Dr Suhaimi (class 83 my batch from Pantai Hosp KL) changed it to Brilintar
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"In most cases, patients are given these medicines for 1 year". Not true bro, one of the medicines is stopped but you have to continue with the other one (usually aspirin 80 to 100mg, called baby aspirin - the proprietary Cardiprin for example - if tolerated) for lifetime. Why aspirin? Simply because it's much cheaper than clopidogrel. Since aspirin has gastric issues for me, all the cardiologists I consult ask me to be on Plavix (clopidogrel) as long as I live. Scary eh?
I was on Plavix for 2 weeks but i hv discomfort arount my chest.. the cardio Dr Suhaimi (class 83 my batch from Pantai Hosp KL) changed it to Brilintar
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