Coronary Heart Disease Support Group

so far has worked for me for 4 yrs Now

My husband has been on Plavix for 2 years. It works well as a blood thinner/anticoagulant. It is given to help prevent future heart attacks. The only down side is increased bruising and bleeding should you happen to cut yourself!!

I am taking Plavix . So far I have run nails through my foot twice (once while bare foot the other wearing sandals) also cut my hand with a jigsaw and the end result was very little bleeding but more than before Plavix , in which I rarely if ever bled even with the worst cuts. I clot quickly even now .

I am on Plavix to help my stents stay clear. It has caused me to become even colder natured, and to bruise very easily. I am also on 325mg aspirin to help too.

Hi Galady
I have a question .Colder Natured ? Side effect ? Lately I've been diagnosed with Urea level of 8.3 Triglycerides 5.95 (5.88 just after release from hospital) and 0.62 HDL (0.87) just after release from hospital ) Sooooooo obviously I am slightly worse than just after the MI and stents, and find myself a little colder natured too , especially considering that I don't know what 8.3 blood urea means other than missing liver enzyme problems which I learned from the internet and have yet to hear a doctor explain it to me .