At Duke Medicine, a new study from researchers offers some rare clarity about the use of drugs that are used to treat patients with heart attacks. Older heart patients present unique challenges for determining the optimal dosages of medications. For certain heart patients older than age 75, a half-dose of the anti-platelet drug prasugrel works about as well as the typical dosage of clopidogrel, according to a team led by the Duke Clinical Research ...Saturday 17 August 2013
For Older Heart Patients, Drug Dosing may Differ
At Duke Medicine, a new study from researchers offers some rare clarity about the use of drugs that are used to treat patients with heart attacks. Older heart patients present unique challenges for determining the optimal dosages of medications. For certain heart patients older than age 75, a half-dose of the anti-platelet drug prasugrel works about as well as the typical dosage of clopidogrel, according to a team led by the Duke Clinical Research ...
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