The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1337
ISSUE 1337
May 3, 2010
Issue 1337
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In Brief: Poor Metabolizers of Clopidogrel (Plavix)
May 3, 2010 (Issue: 1337)
The FDA has required the manufacturer of Plavix, an antiplatelet drug used in addition to aspirin to prevent cardiovascular events in high-risk patients,1 to add a boxed warning to the package insert about the risk of a poor response to the drug in...more
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