types of antiplatelet drugs
1 Aspirin is the most common type of antiplatelet medicine. 2  Some patients who are recovering from a heart attack are given aspirin to prevent further blood clots from forming in the coronary arteries. 3  Low-dose aspirin (sometimes called baby aspirin) may prevent heart attacks and strokes in people who take it every day.
Ticlopidine, one of the first antiplatelet medications available, is a platelet aggregation inhibitor. It is usually used to reduce the risk of thrombotic stroke and administered by mouth twice daily.