Guía de bolsillo para Accidente Cerebrovascular

Introduction.

Stroke is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a clinical syndrome consisting of “rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (at times global) disturbance of cerebral function, lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death with no apparent cause other than that of vascular origin”.1 Every year, 15 million people worldwide suffer a stroke, and nearly 6 million die and another 5 million are left permanently disabled.2 Indeed, every 40 seconds someone in the United States (US) has a stroke.3 and stroke is the second leading cause of disability after dementia. Disability from stroke may include loss of vision and/or speech, paralysis and confusion, and stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability.

Drug Class & Related Drugs
Activase generic name: alteplase class: thrombolytics
Arthritis Pain generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Arthritis Pain Formula generic name: aluminum hydroxide/aspirin/calcium carbonate/magnesium hydroxide class: salicylates
Ascriptin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ascriptin Enteric generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Aspergum generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Aspir 81 generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Aspirin Buffered generic name: aluminum hydroxide/aspirin/calcium carbonate/magnesium hydroxide class: salicylates
Aspirin Lite Coat generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Aspirin Low Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Aspiritab generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Aspir-Low generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Aspirin Extra Strength Plus generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Aspirin Regimen generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bayer Women’s Aspirin With Calcium generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Buffered Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bufferin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bufferin Arthritis Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Bufferin Extra Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Easprin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ecotrin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ecotrin Adult Low Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ecotrin Maximum Strength generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Ecpirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Empirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Fasprin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Genacote generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Halfprin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Litecoat Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Medi-Seltzer generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Norwich Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Plavix generic name: clopidogrel class: platelet aggregation inhibitors
St. Joseph 81 mg Aspirin Enteric Safety-Coated generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
St. Joseph 81 mg Chewable Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
St. Joseph Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Stanback Analgesic generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
Tri-Buffered Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
YSP Aspirin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates
ZORprin generic name: aspirin class: platelet aggregation inhibitors, salicylates