Can you stop taking your medication two years after having a heart stent?

You should not stop taking your medication for two years after having a heart stent. You should continue to take oral medication such as aspirin to prevent complications such as in-stent restenosis. Implanting a stent is a form of treatment for heart disease such as coronary artery disease, and for patients with coronary artery disease, they need to take lifelong oral medication (such as aspirin, atorvastatin, etc.) for treatment. Unauthorized discontinuation of medication in post-stenting patients may lead to recurrence of the disease or even serious adverse conditions such as in-stent restenosis. Patients implanted with cardiac stents need to take oral aspirin and atorvastatin for a long period of time after surgery to prevent thrombosis. For patients with angina pectoris can take oral isosorbide nitrate, metoprolol and other drugs to relieve the symptoms of myocardial ischemia. After two years of cardiac stenting, it is still necessary to go to the hospital regularly for consultation and review, and to give targeted treatment under the guidance of the physician, and not to stop the medication on your own.