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Managed-Care Data Suggest High Frequency of GI Events From Clopidogrel
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Title Managed-Care Data Suggest High Frequency of GI Events From Clopidogrel
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574214?src=rss
Description Investigators report that 6.2% of patients prescribed clopidogrel filed at least one insurance claim for ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding. One expert, however, says the finding is simply hypothesis generating at this point. Heartwire
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date May 9, 2008
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