I saw a lot of Plavix comercials lately -it states that if you have
stomach ulcer problem do not use it. Well, my mother was hospitalized
in January due to bleeding from stomach ulcer. The cause was a calcium
tablet that she took every morning and did not drink enough water with
it (another boo boo cause her family doctor specifically told her this
calcium tablet could be taken with less water). So as time went by a
spot in her stomach was scratched and bledding from there. She has been
using high blood pressure drugs and a blood thinner called Warfarin for
a long time. When she was discharged from the hospital the doctor who
attended to her there prescribed Plavix and stopped Warfarin. At that
time we did not understand why the change and he explained that this
would help to "thicken up the blood" a bit so it would stop bleeding
(she was already nnt bleeding at that time). After a month, my mom went
back for follow up visit and we asked him to switch back to Warfarin but
he insisted for her to continue taking Plavix. Finally after 2 months
of Plavix we've got our family doctor to go back to Warfarin.
Should we complain about this doctor? Was he getting a kick back from
Plavix? I'd like to ask for an explanation but before I do that any
comments would be much appreciated. Thank you!