medication for after a stent procedure
Medication after stent placement. I recently had a heart cath and stent placement (5 in the RCA and 2 in the OM2). After the stenting I was prescribed the following medications: Effient-10mg, Zestril-2.5mg bid, Zetia-10mg, Lovaza-2g bid, along with those I already take which are: Toprol XL-50mg, Crestor-40mg, Zantac-150mg, and Aspirin-325mg. Now, it's been almost a week since my procedure and beginning the new meds.
Bare metal stents. 2. Drug coated (drug -eluting) stents. Medications after a coronary stent procedure. ï· You will need to take antiplatelet medications. These medications help to. prevent blood clots from forming in the new stent. Blood clots in a new stent. can cause a heart attack or stroke. ï· Different types of antiplatelet medications are often used together.