Has anyone taken persantine for keeping the blood from clotting?
Thanks, Pam
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
up found this on page 2; never heard of this.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by bettyg: up found this on page 2; never heard of this.
me either...is it an herb, or what?
Posted by meg (Member # 22) on :
Never heard of it before.... ***************************
PERSANTINE� Boehringer Ingelheim Dipyridamole Coronary Vasodilator - Inhibitor of Platelet Adhesion and Aggregation
Action And Clinical Pharmacology: Dipyridamole normalizes increased platelet adhesiveness and tendency to aggregate (Hellem's method). Dipyridamole has been found to lengthen abnormally shortened platelet survival time in a dose-dependent manner; 400 mg/day or 100 mg/day plus 1 g ASA.
It is believed that platelet reactivity and interaction with prosthetic cardiac valve surfaces, resulting in abnormal shortened platelet survival time is a significant factor in connection with prosthetic heart valve replacement.
In a controlled clinical trial involving patients who had undergone surgical placement of prosthetic heart valves (mitral and/or aortic valve replacement), Persantine, in combination with anticoagulants, significantly decreased the incidence of post-operative thromboembolic events, without increasing hemorrhagic complications. The incidence of thromboembolic events in patients receiving dipyridamole in a dose of 400 mg/day in combination with anticoagulants was 1.3% compared to 14.3% to the control group treated with anticoagulant alone.
Posted by psano (Member # 7785) on :
Persantine has been used to decrease the risk of blood clots for a long time.
Why are you asking?
Posted by pamyla (Member # 8575) on :
I'm about to start taking this, and was wondering how others had done with it.