Has anyone heard of pitting edema to lower extremities while taking plavix for new stent?
Plavix or clopidogrel is a drug to reduce the risk of clots… in simple terms it makes your blood less “sticky”. You would have been prescribed this because foreign bodies such as stents in your blood vessels can increase clots. This is because platelets (one of the types of blood cells) are designed to cover foreign objects to protect the body this includes skin when you get a cut to protect the body, however in the vessels the clots can cause damage. So the drug wil not have any effect on your edema. IHD stands for Ischemic Heart Disease. In other words reduced blood flow and thus oxygen to your heart that can cause Angina and heart attacks. EF stands for Ejection Fraction – the amount or percentage of blood pumped out of your heart during each contraction. 60% is normal. 40% or less is classed as heart failure. By the sounds of it you and your doctor need to work through your medications as you are already doing and then if none of them seem to be the cause they will most probably
