Combination stroke therapy safe and effective, study suggests
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 - 20:30
in Health & Medicine
The combination of the clot-busting drug tPA with an infusion of the antiplatelet drug eptifibatide dissolves blood clots safely and more quickly than tPA alone, a new study suggests, based on results from the phase-2 clinical trial, known as the CLEAR-ER Stroke Trial.