What is Ticlopidine Hydrochloride (Generic Ticlid) and what are its uses?
Ticlid (Ticlopidine) helps to prevent blood clots. Ticlid helps to prevent strokes in patients who have already had a stroke, or those who are at high risk of having a stroke. A stroke may occur when blood flow to the brain is interrupted by a blood clot. Ticlid reduces the chance that a harmful blood clot will form, by preventing certain cells in the blood from clumping together. However, Ticlid should not be used in patients who can take aspirin to prevent a stroke. Ticlid is also sometimes used to prevent a heart attack in patients who have already had unstable chest pain or a heart attack. Ticlid is also sometimes given with aspirin after certain procedures used to open blocked blood vessels leading to the heart.
