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Drug Combo May Cut Stroke Risk After TIA

Published: Jun 26, 2013 - By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today

Reviewed by Robert Jasmer MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

"Action Points:

• Stroke risk declined by a third in people who took a combination of antiplatelet drugs after having a transient ischemic attack or minor stroke.
• Note that although moderate or more severe bleeding did not differ between groups, combination therapy was associated with an overall trend toward more bleeding."

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/Strokes/40122

Primary source: New England Journal of Medicine
Source reference:
Wang Y, et al "Clopidogrel with aspirin in acute minor stroke or transient ischemic attack" N Engl J Med 2013; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1215340.

Additional source: New England Journal of Medicine
Source reference:
Hankey GJ "Dual antiplatelet therapy in acute transient ischemic attack and minor stroke" N Engl J Med 2013; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1305127.