BARCELONA (Reuters) - AstraZeneca's new pill Brilinta for preventing heart attacks works better than Plavix, the world's second biggest selling drug, without increasing the amount of life-threatening ...

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 15 (Reuters) - Heart attack patients in need of emergency procedures were less likely to suffer further serious cardiovascular events, including death, when given AstraZeneca's ...

Clopidogrel is a generic prescription oral tablet that’s used to lower the risk of stroke and heart attack in certain adults. The drug is also available as the brand-name drug Plavix. It’s not known ...

New data suggest that when patients take both Prilosec and Plavix, Plavix’s ability to block platelet aggregation (anti-clotting effect) may be reduced by about half. “Both of these drugs, when used ...

Plavix is also given to those who have unstable angina or peripheral artery disease. Using Plavix in combination with aspirin may be more effective in preventing another heart attack, but this will ...

Clopidogrel is prescribed to help prevent heart attack or stroke. It's a generic medication and is available as the brand-name drug Plavix. It comes as an oral tablet. The cost of clopidogrel can vary ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi’s Plavix was the top-selling drug in the first quarter of 2012, but it’s time on top may not last long. Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi’s Plavix was the top-selling ...

Federal health officials are investigating whether the blood thinner Plavix — the world’s second-best-selling drug and used by millions to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke — may be less ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health officials said Tuesday a popular variety of heartburn medications can interfere with the blood thinner Plavix, a drug taken by millions of Americans to reduce risks of ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two drug makers have been ordered to pay Hawaii $834 million for failing to disclose that the drug Plavix was ineffective in reducing the risk of heart attacks, ...

Clopidogrel is prescribed to help prevent cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke in certain adults. It’s a generic medication that's available as the brand-name drug Plavix. The drug ...

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration said the stomach-soothing drugs Prilosec and Nexium cut in half the blood-thinning effect of Plavix, known generically as clopidogrel. Regulators said the ...