On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 22:42:10 +0000, nospam wrote:

On 15/01/2017 11:20, Huge wrote:
On 2017-01-14, wrote:
On 14/01/2017 13:11, Andrew wrote:
On 13/01/2017 11:39, whisky-dave wrote:

exactly he was taking aprin so not to get a stroke as he;d heard
that it thins the blood so yuo;re less
likely to get a a blood clot

No it doesn't thin your blood. Medical myth, commonly propagated by
people who should know better (typically nurses), presumably because
they think the patient is too thick to understand how they work.

Aspirin interferes with the platelets normal function of
metamorphosing into a sticky plug when it encounters exposed
collagen, as when you cut yourself.This is measured by the bleeding
time of about 2 mins.

Warfarin, Heparin and others act on the blood coagulation stages,
normally triggered off by a cut, which pass throughseveral factors
(like Factor VIII, deficient or defective in haemophiliacs) and
eventually polymerise fibrin into strands that get enmeshed in the
platelet plug to seal the wound after the platelets have plugged it.


An interesting discussion. What's the advantage of drugs like
Clopidogrel over Warfarin or Aspirin?

Clopidogrel's benefit is primarily in those who smoke cigarettes, with
only slight benefit in those who do not.

??

Presumably it treats a particular kind of 'stickiness' mostly produced by
smoking?

It was prescribed for elderly M-I-L years ago, and she hadn't smoked for
about 30 years at the time.



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