Figure 1.

Median plasma concentrations of clopidogrel metabolite SR26334 following administration of whole or crushed 300 mg clopidogrel tablet.

Notes: The crushed tablet has been administered through a nose-gastric tube. Reproduced from Zafar MU, Farkouh ME, Fuster V, Chesebro JH. Crushed clopidogrel administered via nasogastric tube has faster and greater absorption than oral whole tablets. J Interv Cardiol. 2009;22(4):385–389, with permission from John Wiley and Sons. Copyright 2009.⁴⁴

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; conc, concentration.