do we make the blood a little bit less sticky well here's a detailed picture schematic looking at blood clotting so blood clotting involves something called platelets which become activated when you have injury right to help you form a blood clot but they can also be activated by that cholesterol plaque the atherosclerosis and they can trap blood cells in this fibrin fibrous net to form a blood clot so taking a medicine that makes the platelets less sticky can reduce the chance that a blood clot is going to form on a sticky surface so the