As 2026 unfolds, the landscape of cardiovascular medication safety is shifting under the weight of new FDA recalls and updated prescribing information. From carcinogenic impurities in losartan to ...

Stent patients who take the blood thinner Plavix along with certain heartburn drugs may face a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and other dangerous events, according to a study released Tuesday.

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BARCELONA (Reuters) - Heartburn pills like Nexium and Prilosec do not stop blood-thinning drugs such as Plavix from working effectively, contrary to recent fears, new research on Monday showed. The ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who suffer a heart attack nearly double the risk of having another if they are taking the widely used blood thinner Plavix together with a heartburn drug like Prilosec, ...

A year and a half ago, Albert Freund was on his way to work and began feeling a slight pain in his chest, which grew worse. “I broke out into a sweat and the pain got real stiff in my arm,” he said.

July 13, 2005 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in April revisions to safety labeling to advise that use of clopidogrel bisulfate has been linked to rare reports of thrombotic ...