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Aspirin alone for patients with lacunar stroke - 5
Narrator: This is NIH health matters, I’m Joe Balintfy. In recent clinical trials, a combination of aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs have shown promise. Dr. Walter Koroshetz at NIH explains.
Koroshetz: In heart disease, particularly in patients who have had stents or heart attacks, the combination has been shown to be superior to aspirin alone and that was the kind of the basis for the trial going forward.
Narrator: A recent trial of more than 3,000 patients with small vessel stroke tested aspirin combined with the drug clopidogrel. Results show the combination is no better than aspirin alone. For more on this study, and to learn more about strokes and stroke risk, visit the website stroke.nih.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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