FDA Announces New Warning on Plavix: Avoid Use with Prilosec/Pri...

Courtesy Health News From Pueblo  Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:37

Patients should avoid using the stomach acid reducer Prilosec/Prilosec OTC (omeprazole) with the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration warned. New data suggests that when patients take both Prilosec and Plavix, Plavix’s ability to block platelet aggregation (anti-clotting effect) may be reduced by about half.

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