{"id":4049,"date":"2021-01-29T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=4049"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T23:36:52","slug":"stroke-preventive-medications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2021\/01\/29\/stroke-preventive-medications\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroke &#8211; Preventive medications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Abstracted from Mayo Clinic<\/em> <em>By: Sheila Kun RN, BSN, MS, CPN, FCCP<br \/>Salesian Cooperator<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve had an ischemic stroke or\u00a0TIA, your doctor may recommend medications to help reduce your risk of having another stroke. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anti-platelet drugs. <\/strong>Platelets are cells in your blood that form clots. Anti-platelet drugs make these cells less sticky and less likely to clot. The most commonly used anti-platelet medication is aspirin. Your doctor can help you determine the right dose of aspirin for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Your doctor might also consider prescribing Aggrenox, a combination of low-dose aspirin and the anti-platelet drug dipyridamole to reduce the risk of blood clotting. After a\u00a0TIA\u00a0or minor stroke, your doctor may give you aspirin and an anti-platelet drug such as clopidogrel (Plavix) for a period of time to reduce the risk of another stroke. If you can&#8217;t take aspirin, your doctor may prescribe clopidogrel alone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These drugs reduce blood clotting. Heparin is fast acting and may be used short-term in the hospital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slower-acting warfarin (Coumadin, Jantoven) may be used over a longer term. Warfarin is a powerful blood-thinning drug, so you&#8217;ll need to take it exactly as directed and watch for side effects. You&#8217;ll also need to have regular blood tests to monitor warfarin&#8217;s effects.<\/p>\n<p>Several newer blood-thinning medications (anticoagulants) are available for preventing strokes in people who have a high risk. These medications include dabigatran (Pradaxa), rivaroxaban (Xarelto), apixaban (Eliquis) and edoxaban (Savaysa). They&#8217;re shorter acting than warfarin and usually don&#8217;t require regular blood tests or monitoring by your doctor. These drugs are also associated with a lower risk of bleeding complications.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Your homework from the Care Ministry this week: <\/strong><strong>if you or someone you know are on these medications, read the labels to better understanding the purpose of these preventive medication.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We love to hear from you: <a href=\"mailto:kunlouis@gmail.com\">kunlouis@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstracted from Mayo Clinic By: Sheila Kun RN, BSN, MS, CPN, FCCPSalesian Cooperator If you&#8217;ve had an ischemic stroke or\u00a0TIA, your doctor may recommend medications to help reduce your risk of having another stroke. These include: Anti-platelet drugs. Platelets are cells in your blood that form clots. Anti-platelet drugs make these cells less sticky and less likely to clot. The most commonly used anti-platelet medication &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2021\/01\/29\/stroke-preventive-medications\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stroke &#8211; Preventive medications<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678323904,20310044],"tags":[8082555,1784],"class_list":["post-4049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-province-care-ministry","category-province-news","tag-care-ministry","tag-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/untitled-2.png?fit=2551%2C422&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-13j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4050,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions\/4050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}