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Hi Alan
I have found a round, orange tablet with 75 on one side and 4 scores on only one half of the other side. Could you tell me what it is and I live in Australia.
Thanks
Dear Alan
It is almost certainly clopidrogel (Plavix) and drug similar to aspirin on the blood. It prevents platelets sticking together which slows down blood clotting and is usually used in persons prone to strokes or heart attacks due to blood clots. It is never a drug of abuse.
Regards
Alan Galbraith
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Dr Alan Galbraith
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I can answer most questions on most drugs. Answers can be given in either technical or layperson terminology. My main areas of interest are psychiatric, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular drugs.
Experience
I have been a university lecturer/head of department for almost thirty years, but am now retired. My research interests were alcohol, smoking and cardiovascular disease.
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Institute of Biology, London.
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Author of "Fundamentals of Pharmacology" 5th Edition published in November 2007 by Pearson Education, Australia.
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BSc(Hons);MSc;PhD;MIBiol; Cert Biol; HECert
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