PLAVIX clopidogrel bisulfate tablet film coated

País: Estados Unidos

Língua: inglês

Origem: NLM (National Library of Medicine)

Ingredientes ativos:

CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE (UNII: 08I79HTP27) (clopidogrel - UNII:A74586SNO7)

Disponível em:

Lake Erie Medical & Surgical Supply DBA Quality Care Products LLC

DCI (Denominação Comum Internacional):

CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE

Composição:

clopidogrel 75 mg

Tipo de prescrição:

PRESCRIPTION DRUG

Status de autorização:

New Drug Application

Características técnicas

PLAVIX - CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE TABLET, FILM COATED
LAKE ERIE MEDICAL & SURGICAL SUPPLY DBA QUALITY CARE PRODUCTS LLC
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION
THESE HIGHLIGHTS DO NOT INCLUDE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO USE
PLAVIX SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY. SEE FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION FOR
PLAVIX.
PLAVIX (CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE) TABLETS
INITIAL U.S. APPROVAL: 1997
WARNING: DIMINISHED EFFECTIVENESS IN POOR METABOLIZERS
_SEE FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION FOR COMPLETE BOXED WARNING._
EFFECTIVENESS OF PLAVIX DEPENDS ON ACTIVATION TO AN ACTIVE METABOLITE
BY THE CYTOCHROME P450 (CYP)
SYSTEM, PRINCIPALLY CYP2C19. (5.1)
POOR METABOLIZERS TREATED WITH PLAVIX AT RECOMMENDED DOSES EXHIBIT
HIGHER CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT
RATES FOLLOWING ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME (ACS) OR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY
INTERVENTION (PCI) THAN
PATIENTS WITH NORMAL CYP2C19 FUNCTION. (12.5)
TESTS ARE AVAILABLE TO IDENTIFY A PATIENT'S CYP2C19 GENOTYPE AND CAN
BE USED AS AN AID IN DETERMINING
THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY. (12.5)
CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT OR TREATMENT STRATEGIES IN PATIENTS
IDENTIFIED AS CYP2C19 POOR
METABOLIZERS. (2.3, 5.1)
RECENT MAJOR CHANGES
Dosage and Administration (2.3, 2.4)
08/2010
Warnings and Precautions (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) 08/2010
INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Plavix is a P2Y platelet inhibitor indicated for:
Acute coronary syndrome
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Recent myocardial infarction (MI), recent stroke, or established
peripheral arterial disease. Plavix has been shown to
reduce the combined endpoint of new ischemic stroke (fatal or not),
new MI (fatal or not), and other vascular death.
(1.2)
DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
Acute coronary syndrome (2.1)
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Recent MI, recent stroke, or established peripheral arterial disease:
75 mg once daily (2.2)
DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS
Tablets: 75 mg, 300 mg (3)
CONTRAINDICATIONS
12
For patients with non-ST-segment elevation ACS [unstable angina
(UA)/non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
(NSTEMI)] including patients who are to be managed medically and those
who are to be managed with coronary
revascularization, Plavix has been