Plavix is a prescription medication that has been designed to prevent life threatening blood clots that may occur in some people. If these blood clots form and then break free into the blood stream they can be responsible for causing serious medical conditions such as strokes and heart attacks. Plavix is taken everyday and once started is normally continued for life on a maintenance dosage level in order to reduce the risk of vascular problems that can be life threatening. Originally considered to be a minor side effect of taking Plavix, the resultant thinning of the blood that occurs is now considered an added benefit especially for those people who are allergic to aspirin and cannot take it for its blood thinning properties. One of the most common medical conditions for which Plavix will be prescribed is called atherosclerosis. This condition results from cholesterol and other similar substances collectively known as plaque building up on the inside walls of arteries and causing the passage to become narrower and narrower over time. This narrowing causes the artery to become susceptible to clot formation and the passage may become completely closed if a clot does form. If this happens in or near the heart then the result is what most people refer to as a heart attack. A stroke is what takes place when this blockage of an artery happens in the brain. Both of these are extremely dangerous and life threatening resulting in the death of a large number of people each year. Plavix can aid in the prevention of these blood clots even in narrowed arteries and in turn reduce the risk of a life threatening vascular incident. Patients that are at a high risk for the formation of these types of blood clots now have a higher life expectancy thanks to Plavix. Plavix without prescription