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Contents: Clopidogrel

Indications
:
to prevent serious or life-threatening problems with the heart and blood vessels in people who have had a stroke, heart attack, or sever chest pain

Dosage:
Initial dose: Adults and Older people Clopidogrel should be given as a single dose of 75mg.

Contraindications
: Hypersensitivity to the active substance, soya oil, peanut oil or to any of the excipients. Severe hepatic impairment Active pathological bleeding such as peptic ulcer or intracranial hemorrhage.

Special Precautions: Renal & Hepatic impairment. Therapeutic experience is limited in patients with renal impairment. Therapeutic experience is limited in patients with moderate hepatic disease who may have bleeding diatheses

Adverse Drug Reactions
: Easy bleeding/bruising, stomach upset/pain, diarrhea, and constipation.

Drug Interactions
: Hypoglycemic action potentiated by NSAIDs, azoles & other drugs that are highly protein bound eg salicylates, sulfonamides, chloramphenicol, probenecid, coumarins, MAOIs & β-adrenergic blocking agents. Hyperglycemic effects w/ thiazides & other diuretics, corticosteroids, phenothiazines, thyroid products, estrogens, OCs, phenytoin, nicotinic acid, sympathomimetics, Ca channel blockers & INH.

Pregnancy Category (US FDA):
Category C: As no clinical data on exposure to clopidogrel during prengnancy are available, it is preferable not to use clopidogrel during pregnancy as a precautionary measure.

MIMS Class:
Anticoagulants, Antiplatelets & Fibrinolytics (Thrombolytics)

ATC Classification
: B01AC04 - clopidogrel ; Belongs to the class of platelet aggregation inhibitors excluding heparin. Used in the treatment of thrombosis.

Regulatory Classification: Rx
 
Reference: mims

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