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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 18 >> She takes an anti clotting drug that contains both aspirin and dipyridamole which she finds much more convenient although she found that it was not al

She had a stroke aged 59 which caused right weakness, pain, vision & memory loss. Medication: perindopril, amlodipine (blood pressure) pravastatin, Ezetimibe (cholesterol), aspirin and dipyridamole (antiplatelet), escitalopram (depression), carbamazepine (pain).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 49 >> She explains that she has to limit the amount of green leafy vegetables that she eats as they can interfere with the warfarin.

She had a stroke due a clot caused by a hereditary clotting disorder age 29, which caused aphasia, right paralysis and epilepsy. Medication: lipitor (cholesterol), warfarin (anticoagulant), tegretol, epilim (epilepsy), baclofen (spasms in arm).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 53 >> He has to vary the amount of warfarin he takes on different days by taking pills of different strengths which he finds difficult.

He had a stroke due to a clot which came from his heart aged 55. The stroke caused right sided weakness and aphasia. Medication: perindopril (blood pressure) simvastatin (cholesterol), warfarin (anticoagulant).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 66-75 >> Interview 20 >> She is on warfarin and knows she has to limit the amount of alcohol she drinks. She has had some side effects of bruising and profuse bleeding.

This woman had a stroke due to a clot from her heart at the age of 67 which caused mild visual loss and temporary speech problems. Medication: amplodopine, atenolol (blood pressure), simvastatin (cholesterol), warfarin, (anticoagulation).