Ticagrelor 6 or 12 months post HA and stents

[Norton]

Hi

Can anyone advise why the prescribing of ticagrelor differs between geographical areas, some direct 6 months and some 12 months post stent and heart attack.

Is there any short concise research I could read on the rationale/ outcome for length of prescribing?

[Instructor57]

Can't give you an answer I'm afraid but I have also wondered exactly the same .My HA was Feb 27th this year and I'm on 2x daily but told I will come off them completely in 12 months 🤔

[Rachmaninov2 in reply to Instructor57]

I began taking 2 a day in March and will be taking them until March 24.

[Norton]

I was treated in Glasgow and they stated their policy is 6 months I was too busy trying to process everything that happened to ask why

[MrsSuzuki]

I was told to take them for 12 months but I had lots of very large bruises, so they changed them to clopidogrel for a year.

Lily

[KingChanterel]

I am into year 2 on ticagrelor, after having 2 stents fitted. The first year was 90mg twice daily, now on 60mg twice daily and then later this year when I move into year 3 it will be 30mg twice daily.

[Norton]

strange how it’s all different I suppose we are all individuals no two the same