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Big Mountain Drugs Honors Heart Health Awareness Month by Offering a Free Coupon

Monday, February 20th, 2012

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Big Mountain Drugs, a licensed Canadian online pharmacy, is honouring Heart Health Awareness month by offering ten dollars off of any heart medication. Heart patients, who could already buy Ranexa or generic Plavix for significantly lower prices, can now add an additional $10.00 off. Customers with a prescription to buy Lipitor or other heart medications can use the coupon code heart10, and complete their purchase by either calling in or making an online order. Medications for heart ailments are one of the most widely prescribed in the world. Although they are often used as preventative measures, many patients require these medications for their daily lives. These life saving medications are also some of the most expensive. Big Mountain Drugs is helping to ease the burden on heart patients-many of who take multiple medications each day-by offering ten dollar off pharmacy coupons for when you buy online.

Heart disease, the leading cause of death in America, kills over 700,000 Americans each year. Almost 1500 Americans die each day from a heart disease-related event. Heart disease is actually a group of heart diseases, with coronary artery disease being the number one killer. Coronary artery disease (often called coronary heart disease) is a gradual build up of plaque in the arteries leading to the heart. Over time, this restricts blood flow to the heart, leading to potentially fatal consequences. Many of the medications that Big Mountain Drugs’ $10.00 off coupon can be used for are prophylactic; that is, used to prevent heart disease. The coupon may be used to buy Lipitor and generic Plavix, two of the most highly prescribed medications on the market today. Lipitor, Plavix and many other heart medications are used to prevent heart-related events such as heart attacks and strokes. These drugs work by lowering blood pressure, and controlling cholesterol levels-two of the Center for Disease Control’s heart disease risk factors. Other risk factors include diabetes, obesity, smoking, and alcohol. Doctors will often recommend that patients buy Novolog, a diabetes medication, or other medications designed to help with risk factors for heart disease.

Big Mountain Drugs, an online pharmacy based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, offers certified Canadian pharmacy care at lowered prices. Their mission is to provide safe and reliable medications to their customers. Big Mountain Drugs offers well-known brand-name and generic medications such as generic Cardizem, Crestor, Lipitor and Viagra. Big Mountain Drugs specializes in speedy, secure prescription deliveries right to you. They accept prescription and over the counter orders through fax, online orders, and over the phone. The Canadian online pharmacy is proud to offer their telephone service in multiple languages. Big Mountain Drugs is certified by PharmacyChecker.com, and is a member of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA).

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Plavix or Esbriet?

Friday, December 30th, 2011

from Armchair Mogul

A new study suggests the generic test will not help physicians determine if patients should get Plavix, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In the recent findings from 32 studies that involved about 42,000 patients, gene variant patients did not reveal a significantly increased rate for heart attack and stroke.

In 2010, FDA gave a boxed warning to Plavix that the drug has the reduced effectiveness in preventing heart attacks in patients with a certain gene variant. About 30 percent of the US population has the gene variant.

Plavix, also known as clopidogrel, is the most prescribed anti-coagulant drug used to treat blood clot and prevent heart disease and stroke.

Fast Facts of Plavix
• $5.4 Billion of Plavix sales in the first three quarters of 2011
• $6.7 Billion in global sales in 2010
• About 40 million people take the drug worldwide
• Second biggest selling drug after Lipitor

Generic version of Plavix is available when the brand expires in 2011. Some researcher thinks the generic testing may help physician choose between generic Plavix and the new rival drug Effient. More information, read the full article: Doubt Cast on Use of Genetic Test Before Plavix.

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Stent Patients Advised to Take Fish Oil Along With Blood Thinners

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Omega-3 fatty acids from fish have long been touted as natural blood thinners that discourage clotting. Now European researchers are recommending patients with stents in their arteries take omega-3s along with their prescription blood thinners to reduce the risk of heart attack.

Heart patients who’ve had stents implanted to keep their arteries open are being advised to add omega-3 fatty acids to their blood thinning medication. Omega-3 fatty acids have long been thought to help reduce the risk of heart problems in people with coronary artery disease, but a recent European study is believed to be the first to examine the effect of taking omega-3s along with blood thinners, or anti-platelet medication.
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Undetected and Untreated Blood Clots Can Be Life Threatening

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Blood clotting is a natural process which the body uses to curtail flow of blood in trauma. However, there are other situations in which blood flow stagnate and lead to formation of blood clots which can be life threatening. Similarly, blood clots can also result from a laceration to a blood vessel in an artery or a vein. Both conditions can slow down or block the blood circulation, contributing to loss of oxygen to the cells involved in the blockage. Common symptoms include swelling, redness in the affected area and pain. The affected area such as a limb may be warm to the touch as well.

There are two main types of blood clot situations as venous thrombi and arterial thrombus. These two types have their own symptoms and causes. (more…)

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Combination Antiplatelet Therapy Raises Risk of Bleeding

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Millions of Americans are taking blood thinner medication to reduce their risk of developing dangerous blood clots, which can lodge in the heart or the brain and lead to a heart attack or stroke.  “As with all drugs, these drugs come with risks,” says Dr. Nadine Shebab of the US Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC), “The most serious is bleeding.”  Anti clotting medications are often prescribed after a heart attack or stroke to reduce the risk of a second one. (more…)

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Anti-clotting Drug Plavix May Help Treat Lupus

Monday, September 20th, 2010

French scientists have discovered that lupus patients have excess blood cells called platelets – small cell fragments that circulate in the blood, clumping together to form clots.  These excess and overly-active platelets trigger production of inflammation-promoting proteins called interferons.  Tests on mice given anti-platelet medication showed reduced lupus symptoms and increased life expectancy. The results suggest that anticoagulant drugs like clopidogrel (Plavix) could prevent lupus flare ups in people, and the scientists hope to start clinical trials on humans soon. (more…)

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Why Are So Many People Taking Plavix?

Friday, April 9th, 2010

Plavix (generic name clopidogrel) is the second top-selling drug in the world (behind the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor), and is prescribed to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Clopidogrel is an anti-clotting medication called a platelet inhibitor. Platelets are small, irregularly shaped cell fragments found in the blood. Platelets help your body stop bleeding by sticking together to form a clot. But too many platelets in the blood can form unwanted and dangerous clots. These clots can block blood vessels in the heart, causing a heart attack, or in the brain, resulting in a stroke. They can also cause a blockage in the lung, called a pulmonary embolism. Anti-clotting drugs inhibit the ability of platelets to clump together to form clots. (more…)

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