Who should not take Effient?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- an increased risk of bleeding
- a transient ischemic attack
- a type of stroke that lasts only a few minutes
- thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
- a type of blood disorder
- an ulcer from too much stomach acid
- recent operation
- major traumatic injury
- neuraxial anesthesia
- local anesthesia injected in the epidural space or subarachnoid space
- deep peripheral nerve block
- operation on the spine
- a stroke
- coronary artery bypass graft procedure
- procedure to place indwelling epidural catheter
- deep plexus block
- bleeding
- bleeding within the skull
- cerebral amyloid angiopathy
- bleeding of the stomach or intestines
Allergies:
- Prasugrel
- THIENOPYRIDINE ANALOGUES
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