My mother has been prone to minor issues with a bloody nose, some due to dryness in winter which we address with a humidifier & saline nose spray. But she has been on Plavix since mid-September and is starting to have real gushers upon getting up to go to the bathroom early in the morning. Not every day, but enough to cause concern. She manages to get them stopped on her own, but this morning she looked like something from a haunted house, with blood all over her hands & night cliothes. l will be contacting her doctor asap but in tbe mean-time, what else can I do to help?
"Stop using clopidogrel and call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:
nosebleed or other bleeding that will not stop;
bloody or tarry stools, blood in your urine;
coughing up blood or vomit that looks like coffee grounds;
chest pain or heavy feeling, pain spreading to the arm or shoulder, nausea, sweating, general ill feeling;
sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body;
sudden headache, confusion, problems with vision, speech, or balance;
pale skin, weakness, fever, or jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes); or
easy bruising, unusual bleeding (nose, mouth, vagina, or rectum), purple or red pinpoint spots under your skin."