Stopping Brilinta After One Year. Stopping Medicines post stents. I know that Brilinta is not Plavix but want to know if anyone has had any troubles stopping Brilinta cold turkey. I had one more angioplasty about four years for some blockage. Ive been on Brilinta and aspirin daily since that date.
Stopping Medicines post stents. With me being on the Brilinta it had a hard time stopping. So please talk to your doctors and see if they cant put you on Plavix or something other than Brilinta. 2 months - 6 months - 1 year. Bleeding in the brain blood loss resulting in a significant decrease in blood volume and. Nearly 8 percent of high-dose patients dropped out of the trial due to bleeding and 65 percent due to.
Brilinta 90 4 years and Brilinta 60 the rest of the time.
It eventually went away on its own and my hemoglobin which started at a 15 dropped to a 12 is back now to a healthy 157. To decrease your risk of bleeding your doctor may instruct you to stop taking BRILINTA 5 days before you have surgery. After reading the negatives on Brilinta Im glad now that I didnt get on that either. My cardiologist wants me to stop Brilinta soon since it has been a year since my stent placement. She said standard protocol is to stop after a year. Your doctor should tell you when to start taking BRILINTA again as soon as possible after surgery.