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| Pronunciation |
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 (tye
KLOE pi
deen) |
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| Brand Names |
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| Ticlid® |
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| Therapeutic
Categories |
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Antiplatelet Agent |
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| What key warnings should I know
about before taking this
medicine? |
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- Ticlopidine can decrease some of the important cells in the blood.
You will need blood work to monitor these cells twice a
month.
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| Reasons not to take this
medicine |
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- If you have an allergy to ticlopidine or any other part of the
medicine.
- If you have any of the following conditions: Active bleeding, severe
liver disease, any diseases of the blood or bone marrow, abnormalities in any of
the cells in your blood, aplastic anemia, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura,
low neutrophil count, low platelet
count.
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| What is this medicine used
for? |
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- This medicine prevents strokes.
- Other uses include protection of bypass grafts in the heart,
protection of stents in the heart, reduction of graft loss after kidney
transplant, and prevention of blood
clots.
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| How does it work? |
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- Ticlopidine prevents stickiness of blood
parts.
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| How is it best taken? |
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- Take with or without food. Take with food if this medicine causes an
upset stomach.
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| What do I do if I miss a
dose? |
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- Take a missed dose as soon as possible.
- If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed one. Return to
your regular schedule.
- Do not take a double dose or extra
doses.
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| What are the precautions when
taking this
medicine? |
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- If you are 65 or older, you may have more side effects.
- Tell healthcare provider if you have ever had a blood problem or low
blood counts.
- Tell healthcare provider if you are taking phenytoin, cyclosporine, or
theophylline. These medicines may need to be decreased.
- If you have had a stomach ulcer or bleeding, tell healthcare provider.
- You will bleed easily. Be careful. Avoid injury.
- Tell dentists, surgeons, and other healthcare providers about this
medicine.
- Avoid other aspirin-containing products, such as, ibuprofen or like
products, other blood thinners (warfarin, ticlopidine, clopidogrel), garlic,
ginseng, ginkgo, vitamin E.
- Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make
sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling
about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of
face, lips, tongue, throat; or any other symptoms involved.
- Do not use in pregnancy and do not get pregnant. Use birth control
that you can trust while taking this medicine.
- Do not use if you are
breast-feeding.
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| What are the common side effects
of this
medicine? |
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- Nausea or vomiting. Small frequent meals, frequent mouth care, sucking
hard candy, or chewing gum may help.
- Diarrhea.
- Belly pain, heartburn.
- Stomach bleeding or ulceration. Watch stools for dark, tarry black
color. Talk with healthcare provider.
- Rarely, decreases in white blood cell, red blood cells, and platelets
can occur together. This condition is called aplastic anemia and can cause
death.
- Rarely, decreases in platelets can occur. This condition is call
thrombocytopenia.
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| What should I monitor? |
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- Check blood work every 2 weeks. Talk with healthcare
provider.
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| Reasons to call healthcare
provider
immediately |
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- Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing;
tightness in the chest; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits;
swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
- Fever, chills, or sore throat.
- Changes in thinking clearly and logically.
- Severe headache.
- Blood in the stool and toilet bowl or vomiting blood.
- Weakness, feeling tired, paleness, bruising, bleeding, difficulty
speaking, yellowing of skin or eyes, dark or bloody urine, or pinpoint
hemorrhage spots on the skin (petechiae).
- Any rash.
- No improvement in condition or feeling
worse.
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| How should I store this
medicine? |
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- Store at room
temperature.
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| General statements |
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- Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's
medicine.
- Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
- Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, herbal/supplements,
vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider
(doctor, nurse, pharmacist, physician assistant).
- Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine,
including over-the-counter or natural products (herbs,
vitamins).
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