Nick Mark MD explains that recovery after Plavix is driven by platelet half-life because platelets cannot synthesize new receptors and the inhibition is irreversible.
It’s about platelet half-life not the drug.
plavix irreversibly inhibits platelet receptor function.
You need to make new platelets to overcome the inhibition. That takes days not hours.
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