Piracetam and platelets--a review of laboratory and clinical data.
Evers S, Grotemeyer KH.
Department of Neurology,
University of Munster, Germany. Pharmacopsychiatry 1999 Mar;32 Suppl 1:44-8
Abstract
This paper reviews the effects of piracetam
on platelet function and the evidence for its anti-platelet effect which is mediated mainly by inhibition of platelet aggregation.
Piracetam also possesses anti-thrombotic activity in vivo.
Piracetam has been shown to normalize platelet aggregation in patients with increased platelet aggregability in various disorders including acute stroke, transient cerebral ischemic attacks and diabetes mellitus. This, together with clinical improvement, has also been shown in patients with
Raynaud's phenomenon. The results of recent studies are presented in which
piracetam showed similar efficacy to aspirin in the secondary prophylaxis of ischemic stroke.