Smoking and Clopidogrel may not go together
New Delhi, July 15, 2016: "Clopidogrel is an important antiplatelet (anti-clotting) drug effective in preventing thrombotic (heart attack) events, especially for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (balloon angioplasty)," said Padma Shri Awardee Dr KK Aggarwal - President Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) and Honorary Secretary General IMA.
A study from the Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, published in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics has concluded that smoking is a significant factor affecting the pharmacokinetics of clopidogrel,