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Activase

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Activase® A proprietary thrombolytic, which may ↑ survival in TIA victims by 33% Mechanism Activation of the body's fibrinolytic system by stimulating conversion of plasmin from plasminogen, and several other clotting factors. See TIA, tPA.


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Trade-named Activase, tPA is effective only against these so-called ischemic strokes; it cannot help someone with a stroke caused by a hemorrhage.
under the brand name Activase, is widely used to treat heart attacks.
For one thing, the company's $2,200-a-dose price for Activase puts it on a collision course with efforts to cut spiraling U.
 
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