ocr: 8.3 Preventing Another Stroke - continued These types of drugs are used for long term prevention of stroke and heart attack. ASA has been shown to reduce stroke by 25%. The best dose of ASA for: stroke prevention is uncertain, but lies between 75 mg and 1300 mg daily. Ticlopidine 250 mg twice daily is an effective agent and is usually reserved for those people who have taken ASA and not benetited, or who can't take ASA because of allergy or side effects. Ticlopidine infrequently causes a sudden drop in the number of white blood cells in the body (cells that fight infection). Because of this la ...
