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Many Don't Take Blood Thinner After Getting Stents
Serious risks double by waiting even a day after discharge, study finds. One of six people who have stents implanted to keep an artery open ignore their doctor's orders to start taking the blood thinner Plavix immediately, and that ignorance nearly doubles their risk for a heart attack or death, new research finds.
The study, which involved 7,402 people who had the thin tubes put in after angioplasty, found that those most likely to benefit from the clot-preventing drug are most likely not to fill the prescription that is a standard part of the hospital discharge routine, said Dr. P....
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