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Heparin Contamination: What You Need to Know
Reports about contaminated supplies of the blood thinner heparin raise a number of big, unsettling questions about the global economy, the FDA's ability to police imports of drug ingredients and patient vulnerability.
Contaminated batches of the drug have been found in 10 countries and the U.S. Eighty-one deaths and perhaps hundreds of adverse reactions in the U.S. may be linked to the drug (although it hasn't been firmly established that the drug caused the deaths).
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Expert & Community Posts
Common Ulcerative Colitis Questions Answered
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...doctors are talking surgery. I read about the use of heparin in severe ulcerative colitis.... Read more »
Welcome Baby Annabelle!
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...two days, I would go off my Lovenox and be put on Heparin, another blood thinner. But this... Read more »
Oxygen and Heparin Administered via a Nebulizer for Migraine Mitigation?
By Ask the Clinician , Health ExpertFull Question: Oxygen and Heparin Administered via a Nebulizer for Migraine Mitigation? Are you... Read more »
Would you sign a petition to make medications less safe?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health ExpertAs a physician who has worked in the fields of drug safety and clinical trials for many years, and... Read more »
What to Ask Your Osteoporosis Doctor
By Neil Gonter, MD , Health Expert...agonists, loop diuretics, methotrexate, thyroid, heparin, depo-medrol, anti-neoplastic agents,... Read more »
Health Guide
Factor X assay
...activity may indicate: Congenital deficiency of factor X Fat malabsorption Heparin administration Liver disease Vitamin K deficiency ... Read more »Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part I: Symptoms
...Several of these drugs are specifically designed to prevent further blood vessel obstruction (aspirin, heparin, low-molecular weight heparin, glycoproteins 2b/3a inhibitors, and clopidogrel).... Read more »Stroke Patient Guide, Part II: Diagnosis
...cause of stroke is thought due to an embolus (e.g. from the heart), anticoagulation with intravenous heparin may be given. Heparin alters the clotting process, helping to break down existing... Read more »Deep venous thrombosis
...preventanother DVT. For years, the standard treatment has been an anticoagulant medication called heparin, which was given through the vein. This results in very quick anticoagulation and... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Anti-Clotting Medications
...Click the icon to see an image about blood.Anticoagulants. Anticoagulants help thin blood and include:HeparinWarfarin (Coumadin)Direct thrombin inhibitorsAnti-Platelet DrugsAspirin. Aspirin is... Read more »
Medications
...especially of: "blood thinners" (e.g., warfarin, heparin) high blood pressure medicines ... Read more »
...especially of: "blood thinners" (e.g., warfarin, heparin) This document does not contain... Read more »
...atorvastatin "blood thinners" (e.g., warfarin, heparin) oseltamivir tipranavir Check... Read more »
...sulfasalazine) "blood thinners" (e.g., enoxaparin, heparin, warfarin) drugs affecting the... Read more »
...alendronate) "blood thinners" (e.g., enoxaparin, heparin, warfarin) cholestyramine ... Read more »
Related News
FDA identifies heparin contaminant
October 03, 2008Officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say they've identified the contaminant found in doses of the blood-thinning drug heparin that... Read summary »
Study: Lovenox better than heparin for some stroke patients
October 02, 2008Stroke patients who suffer from paralysis are helped more by Lovenox than heparin, a new study suggests. Researchers gave 1,762 stroke patients who... Read summary »
Heparin under review after two deaths
May 11, 2009Two patients in Delaware have died after receiving the drug heparin, a widely used blood thinner made by Baxter International Inc. The two deaths... Read summary »
Clinical trial: ODSH for COPD patients
August 07, 2009This is a study to determine whether Intravenous 2-O, 3-O Desulfated Heparin (ODSH), when added to conventional treatment, is more effective in... Read summary »
Drugmaker stops Heparin production
October 03, 2008Drugmaker Baxter HealthCare Corp., which makes half of the blood thinner Heparin sold in the United States, is temporarily suspending production of... Read summary »
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