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Tue 08 Aug 2009Mix of anti-clot and anti-acid drugs may cause risk to heart
THE STATE’S drug regulatory body has warned doctors of a potential drug interaction that could put thousands of patients at risk of heart attack.
In its latest Drug Safety Newsletter, the Irish Medicines Board(IMB) told doctors here of its concern that people taking the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) in combination with a commonly prescribed range of acid suppressant drugs – proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) – are at risk of cardiac problems.
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