aspirin for blood thinning but aggraves stomach ulcer

[geralddavies22]

you have peptic ulcer and aspirin might cause this to bleed. You must continue the aspirin after having had a stent fitting so cannot discontinue use. Cant I take something else in place of aspirin No - there is nothing else!!!!

[geralddavies22]

Take Fruitflow NHS prescription

[geralddavies22 in reply to geralddavies22]

Many rhanks - I have asked my GP and Pharmacy about Fruitflow - they have never heard of it and say it is nit available thru NHS. Cant find anything about it on NICE website

[MaryF Administrator]

Hi there, this is a valid alternative to aspirin, just to borrow KateH from her comment under a previous post:

Aspirin alternative

'Clopidogrel used to go under the trade name Plavix but only last year its licence expired which means that all companies can now make a generic tablet';

Mary F

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As Mary F says - clopidogrel is the alternative to aspirin that doesn't damage your stomach or irritate ulcers. Used to have the trade name Plavix but now is generic and a lot more affordable for your GP.

[Paleosooze in reply to Hidden]

My stomach can't tolerate aspirin so my GP prescribed me clopidogrel. I've only been on it a few days, as I am newly diagnosed, but can report that, so far, my stomach feels fine (quite an achievement for me, I might add )

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Glad to hear it - I found it the same: no more vomitting blood, a real bonus! I've been on it for almost a year now and not had any problems unless the evil anti-inflams are involved. One point though - if you need an operation, you must stop taking it a week before rather than the usual three days for aspirin.