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Dear-Doctor Letter Issued for Ticlopidine

August 5, 2002
The PFSB's Safety Division instructed the manufacturers of the antiplatelet agent ticlopidine HCl on July 23 to send a Dear-Doctor letter to medical institutions. This instruction was given in the wake of adverse reactions such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP),…

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