Ticlopidine (oral)
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What is the most important information I should know about ticlopidine?
| Pronunciation: | tye KLOE pih deen |
| Brand: | Ticlid |
It may take longer than usual for you to stop bleeding, even from minor wounds. Contact your doctor if you experience unusual, prolonged, or severe bleeding or bruising.
 | Treatment with ticlopidine may reduce the number of white blood cells in your body (called neutropenia), which could lead to infection. If caught early, this side effect can be reversed, but if undetected, it can be fatal. Notify your doctor immediately if you develop signs of infection including fever, chills, or a sore throat. |
| Ticlopidine may also cause a decrease in platelets (called thrombocytopenia). This may occur as part of a syndrome called TTP that includes injury to red blood cells, causing anemia, kidney problems, neurologic changes, fever, and possibly death. Notify your doctor immediately if you develop signs of TTP including yellow skin or eye color, pinpoint dots (rash) on the skin, pale color, fever, weakness on a side of the body, or dark urine. |
| Also, some people may develop jaundice (liver damage) while taking ticlopidine. Notify your doctor immediately if you develop yellowing of the skin or the whites of the eyes, dark-yellow urine, or light-colored stools. |
Your doctor will need to monitor your blood with blood tests before starting treatment with ticlopidine and every 2 weeks for the first 3 months of treatment. If your treatment with ticlopidine is stopped within the first three months of treatment, you will still need a blood test two weeks after stopping the medication.
 | Do not take aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, others), naproxen (Aleve, Anaprox, Naprosyn, others), ketoprofen (Orudis, Orudis KT, Oruvail), indomethacin (Indocin), nabumetone (Relafen), oxaprozin (Daypro), or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) without first talking to your doctor. |
Tell your doctor and dentist that you are taking this medication before undergoing any surgical procedures.
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| Last updated: | September 22, 2004 |
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