In this leaflet:
1.What Thrombo is and what it is used for?
6.Further information.
1. WHAT THROMBO IS AND WHAT IT IS USED FOR?
Thrombo belongs to a group of medicines called anti-platelet medicinal products. Platelets are very small structures in the blood, smaller than red or white blood cells, which clump together during blood clotting. By preventing this clumping, anti-platelet medicinal products reduce the chances of blood clots forming (a process called thrombosis).
Thrombo is taken to prevent blood clots (thrombi) forming in hardened blood vessels (arteries), a process known as atherothrombosis, which can lead to atherothrombotic events (such as stroke, heart attack, or death).
- You have been prescribed Thrombo to help prevent blood clots and reduce the risk of these severe events because:
- You have a condition of hardening of arteries (also known as atharosclersis), and - You have previously experienced a heart attack. stroke or have a condition known as peripheral arterial disease, or - You have experienced a severe type of chest pain known as 'unstable angina' or 'myocardial infarction (heart attack). For the treatment of this condition your doctor may have placed a stent in the blocked or narrowed artery to restore effective blood flow. You should also be given acetylsalicylic acid (a substance present in many medicines used to relieve pain and lower fever as well as to prevent blood clotting) by your doctor.

6. FURTHER INFORMATION:
What Thrombo contains:
The active substance is clopidogrel. Each film coated tablet contains 75 mg of clopidogrel (as Bisulphate) The other ingredients: Mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmelose sodium, colloidal silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, Povidone K30, polyethylene glycol 6000.
Package: Pack of 3 strips each of 10 tablets with insert leaflet