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from:msnbc.comStudy: New drug cuts deaths after heart attack
Seeded on Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:59 PM EST (msnbc.com)
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It's curious they've come out with a new blood thinner at this time when Plavix is going generic soon. In light of drug irresponsibility in recent times I wouldn't advise anyone to take this new drug.
the two drugs work in completely different ways.
Plavix is a platlet inhibitor
Xarelto is a factor Xa inhibitor
Furthermore, the study says patients recieved Xarelto and "an older blood thinner"--which is probably plavix. So we are talking additional therapy, not replacement, which negates your implied point
Not to mention that most cardiologists have switched from plavix to effient or other more effective platlet antagonists
Additionally, "blood thinners" as a group are one of the cornerstones of cardiovascular care and you will continually see new ones (like brillenta this past year, and effient before that)
Finally, I wouldn't advise anything without an MD behind your name. If you want to give medical advice, then go to medical school
What about aspirin?
aspirin was proven less effective than aspirin plus plavix in the CURE trial.
This study shows that aspirin, plus a blood thinner (likely plavix) PLUS this new drug is even better
But aspirin is always recommended for anyone who is at higher risk for a heart attack and definitely for those who have suffered one
So it cuts your risk of dying from a second heart attack but you could still bleed out internally.. No thanks..
As for the study that Aspirin was less effective. I would argue that they concluded that because aspirin is extremely less costly then taking their new medicine.
What happens if you have emergency sugery. How long does it take to thicken blood to keep from having serious blood loss?
Another drug and if it works. Most people will be priced out of it due to insurance companies, until it hits it's end of name brand market. I know my insurance puts up a fuss when my doctor's prescribe something non-generic.
Life costs $$ ! and insurance companies want no part in saving one when there are better profits to be made.
Before the incoherent barrage of comments accusing Big Pharma of trying to steal all of our hard earned money and poisoning us, can we take a moment to thank the scientists and physicians who have worked a decade for this advance? Who when your mom is sent home after an MI, will have reduced her chance of dying by 40%?
Thank you for all your work, even if those who stand to benefit spit in your faces.
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