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What is Clopidogrel?

Clopidogrel is a potent oral antiplatelet agent often used in the treatment of coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Prevent blood clotting 35 14 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 28 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
Heart Attack 25 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
arterial disease 9 2 Efficacy_major
Coronary Artery Disease 5 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Stroke 5 0

See all 138 patients currently taking Clopidogrel

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 5
Mild
 7
None
 19

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Clopidogrel

Bruising 6
Back pain 1
Bleed easily 1
Edema in feet 1
Blood pressure raised dangerously high 1
Bruise easily 1
See all 11 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Clopidogrel. See all 12 dosages ►

  daily 0.05 mg daily 1 mcg daily 1 mg daily 1 other daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 80 mg daily 300 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 121 Number of Patients: 121 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Clopidogrel (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 21   Doctor's advice: 57%
Course of treatment ended 10   Course of treatment ended: 27%
Other 5   Other: 14%
Side effects too severe 3   Side effects too severe: 8%
Expense 3   Expense: 8%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 8%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 3%

See all 37 patients who’ve stopped taking Clopidogrel

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Clopidogrel

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Clopidogrel

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Clopidogrel

Always
 31 94%
Usually
 1 3%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Clopidogrel

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 3%
A little
 3 9%
Not at all
 29 88%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Clopidogrel

$200+
 1 6%
$100-199
 3 17%
$50-99
 3 17%
$25-49
 5 28%
< $25
 6 33%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.