Aspirin vs Clopidogrel: The blood thinner battle

About this episode

The episode discusses the comparison between aspirin and clopidogrel as blood thinners and their implications for health.

Clots in our blood vessels can be responsible for very serious health problems such as strokes and heart attacks. To combat this, some people at risk of said health problems turn towards blood thinners to prevent this clotting, with the most common household blood thinner being aspirin. The issue with preventing clotting is, should you start to bleed, that bleeding is a lot tougher to stop. Now however, a new drug - clopidogrel - is being touted as coming with the same benefits of aspirin, but few of the drawbacks. To talk us through this matchup, we put in a call to the British Heart... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Topics covered

• blood thinners
• health
• clotting
• aspirin
• clopidogrel
• strokes
• heart attacks

Keywords

• blood thinners
• aspirin
• clopidogrel
• health risks
• clotting
• strokes
• heart attacks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Heart

Products: Aspirin, Clopidogrel

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