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A: On May 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved generic versions of the blood-thinning drug Plavix , which helps reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke by making it less likely platelets in the blood will clump and form clots in the arteries.

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Platelet function was measured using 3 different "point-of-care" platelet function analyzers: the Thrombelastograph hemostasis system, the Accumetrics VerifyNow system, and the Chronolog 570VS impedance aggregometer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved generic versions of the blood thinning drug Plavix for patients who have had a recent heart attack or a recent stroke, or have partial or total blockage of an artery .

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In a medical science first, researchers turned skin cells from heart failure patients into heart muscle cells that may then be used to fix damaged cardiac tissue.

Antiplatelet therapy is one of the central pillars of treatment for patients with coronary artery disease.

CINCINNATI, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthWarehouse.com , Inc. a leading VIPPS*-accredited online retail mail-order pharmacy is now providing consumers with the lowest price option available for generic Plavix in the United States.

The FDA recently approved the first ever generic version of the blood thinner Plavix.

Analyst Report ), recently announced that it has received final approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to launch generic versions of Plavix , 75 mg and 300 mg.

Walmart has announced that it will be among the first retailers to offer Clopidogrel, the generic version of Plavix, at all Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacies.

Generic versions of blood-thinning medication - Plavix - have been approved by the FDA .

A scientist for the French firm Sanofi-Aventis, which made and marketed the blood-thinner with Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Jay W. Marks, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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Generic Plavix: If you take the blood thinning drug Plavix, the cost of your medicine just dropped dramatically, from about $200 to $40 or less each month.