The present invention provides a drug-eluting stent, wherein the stent is
coated with one or more non-nucleotide P2Y.sub.12 receptor antagonist
compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or hydrate
thereof. When the stent is placed in a narrowed or damaged arterial
vessel, a therapeutically effective amount of the P2Y.sub.12 receptor
antagonist compound is eluted continuously from the stent to the local
environment of the stent. The P2Y.sub.12 receptor antagonist
compound-eluting stents are useful in preventing thrombosis and
restenosis, and are effective in inhibiting the contraction of vascular
smooth muscle cells, inhibiting cell proliferation, and reducing
inflammation.