Adding clopidogrel to aspirin therapy reduces risk of second stroke

Stroke Reports Friday, February 22nd, 2013

American Heart Association: February 8, 2013

American Stroke Association Late-Breaking Science Report: Abstract LB 11 Embargoed until 7 a.m. HT/ noon ET on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013

Study Highlights:

  • Adding a second drug to aspirin therapy lowered the risk of a second stroke in the weeks after a clot caused minor stroke or TIA in Chinese patients.
  • Patients who received clopidogrel in addition to aspirin were less likely than those on aspirin alone to have a stroke within three months of their first episode.
  • Both drugs prevent platelets, a type of blood cell, from sticking together and forming clots, but no more bleeding occurred among those on dual therapy than in those on aspirin alone. Read more
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