Tobacco treatment specialist
Colin Mendelsohn has written
to the Australian Prescriber
highlighting the paradoxically
enhanced response smokers have
to the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel.
The so-called “smokers’ paradox”
was brought to light in a recent
meta-analysis showing that the
clinical benefit of clopidogrel in
reducing cardiovascular events was
seen primarily in smokers (25% risk
reduction compared to controls),
with little benefit in non-smokers
(8% reduction), but failed to get a
mention in the publication’s recent
review of new antiplatelet drugs.
Mendelsohn sought clarification
on dosing implications of these
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