[ConservativeMind]

In sum, this says if you just got a stent, for those people deemed at high risk for bleeding, take the dual treatment (aspirin and other prescribed drug) for three months. For those at low risk for bleeding, just take the dual drugs three months, and not longer.

Of course, your doctor will need this study to help understand your request.

[ConservativeMind]

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[arkfreepdom]

This is very good info because frequently other treatments for other issues are delayed until one year of DAPT. Colonoscopies just one.

[Fido969]

I had a couple of stints put in last year, and am duel anti-platelet therapy, namely low dose aspirin and prasugrel. They tell me the prasugrel is for a year, and the aspirin for life.

I haven’t had any noticeable bleeding issues, although when they take a blood draw they wrap me up pretty well I think just out of caution. It will be a year next month, so I’ll just finish the program.

[neverevergiveup]

Will have to see the full study when it is published, but the groupings they used are a bit unusual. The primary goal of this study should be to determine if there is a greater risk of stent thrombosis with 3 months of DAPT vs 12 months, and to compare this to whether there is a greater bleeding risk (GI, CNS or other) with 12 months of DAPT vs just 3 months.

Further, to make the stent thrombosis comparisons accurate you would have to ensure that the groups were similar in the number of stents put in each patient, the number of vessels treated, the diameter of the stents after post-dilation, and the length of the stented segments.

Anyway, thanks for posting. Will read the study when it’s available in full.

[sauropod]

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