Clopidogrel

[Bazile]

In case noone goes back to my original question

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Body-and-Soul/Question1303367.html

What i meant to ask was - is clopidogrel a stronger medication in terms of the properties it contains for thinning of the blood.?

Is there more serious potential side effects , from using this drug , over
Aspirin ?

[Sqad]

In simple terms, both drugs decrease the "stickiness" of platelets and make the blood " thinner" and hence make it more difficult to from clots.
Both are used separately in even in combination in patients predisposed to clotting. eg patience who have has a heart attack or strokes or irregular rhythms of the heart.

Neither is "stronger" to use the term loosely than the other and both have minor side effects

The only advantage in giving clopidogrel is where the patient is allergic or hypersensitive to Asprin.

[slaney]

They are both antiplatelet drugs with different methods of action.
Clopidogrel is only a slightly more effective antiplatelet drug than aspirin.
Side effects (mostly bleeding) are much the same.

[Bazile]

thanks both