You can take oral clopidogrel if you can’t take aspirin after a cardiac stent.
Antiplatelet drugs should be taken orally routinely after cardiac stenting, and aspirin is one of the commonly used drugs. Some patients may have allergic reactions after taking aspirin, such as bronchial asthma, anaphylaxis, etc., and some patients may even have severe gastrointestinal bleeding and cannot continue to take aspirin.
For patients who cannot take oral aspirin, oral clopidogrel can be taken instead of aspirin. Clopidogrel belongs to the ADP receptor antagonist, and aspirin has the same antiplatelet effect, can be used for coronary heart disease stenting after the treatment.
Adverse reactions such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, rash, thrombocytopenia, bleeding from skin mucous membranes, gastrointestinal bleeding, etc. may occur while taking clopidogrel. It is contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to the components of the drug, severe hepatic impairment, active bleeding.
Patients who can not take aspirin orally, adjust the drug under the supervision of a physician.