HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii has won more than $900 million in a years-old lawsuit over the blood-thinning drug Plavix, in the largest court award in the state’s history. It’s a victory ...

But there is a hitch: antiplatelet blood thinners increase the chance of hemorrhages—and prasugrel seems to raise that risk more than the approved dose of clopidogrel. Indeed, the package insert ...

This side effect wasn’t reported in studies of clopidogrel but has been reported since the drug became available. TTP is a rare but serious disorder in which blood clots form in small blood ...