Is Plavix required to prevent the body from rejecting the two stints (each side) placed in the patient’schest?
Plavix interferes with the aggregation of platelets, which is one of the pathways to initiate clotting inside the body and blood stream. It is used after stent placement to decrease the likelihood of clotting near the [...]
Stents, Plavix, and Blood Thinners: Healthy Alternatives
March 8th, 2010 · 12:14 PM
Tags: blood, clotting, inflammation, stents
More on Stents
November 18th, 2008 · 5:32 PM
Eight companies are joining forces to launch a $100 million study intended to determine how best to protect heart patients from clots after stent placement, reported the Wall Street Journal on October 16, 2008. The article states that occurrences are rare, but the 1 in 14 chance of having a clot within a year that [...]
Tags: blood clots, chelation therapy, heart disease, prevention, stents, vascular disease
Fewer Stents May Be Better For Patients
October 22nd, 2008 · 8:36 PM
Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2008
Two studies on stents were recently presented at a cardiology conference. The first found that many patients are being given stents without adequate documentation of ischemia (inadequate oxygen). They are doing it based on visualization of arteries that appear blocked on X-ray, and not on documentation of ischemia as recommended in [...]
Tags: death, heart attacks, heart disease, inflammation, placebo, stents
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: