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Heparin is an anticoagulant. It is used to decrease the clotting ability of the blood and help prevent harmful clots from forming in the blood vessels. This medicine is sometimes called a blood thinner, although it does not actually thin the blood. Heparin will not dissolve blood clots that have already formed, but ... continue
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Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Pulmonary Embolism | 279 |
99% |
| Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) | 156 |
96% |
| Antiphospholipid Syndrome | 4 |
100% |
| Miscarriage | 2 |
100% |
| Pregnancy | 2 |
100% |
Overall, 98% (445
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Heparin Reviews
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I was in the hospital when they gave this medication to me. It seemed to help. I was no experiencing any pains or side effects.
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I'm still on Warfarin, after 3 months I'm still not in the theraputic range and having really nasty side effects, dizziness, nausea, hair loss, slight jaundice, really heavy periods.
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I took this when I was pregnant
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no side effects
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Working very well. INR's stay pretty stable but am on a fairly high dose 11-12 mg daily usually.
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the injection form hurts so badly when injected into your stomach it feels like they are injecting acid into your system. now on warfiern.
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IV drip in the hospital for 5 days
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just started
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I don't know for sure if it worked but I was on a heparin drip in the hospital for 9 days while I was waiting for my INR to reach 2.
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Found this on Heparin, but your doctor is aware of your hep c??? if not he should. Gastrointestinal conditions: People with ulcerative colitis or t... [More] -
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i'm going to have surgery in the next two weeks and i read something about pre op heparin..does anyone know what effect heparin has on the liver..i ha... [More] -
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ah, this post is called heparin, thats where i got confused... again, sorry [More] -
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ooops! sorry, didn't read your post properly - yes, to second what flipperclot said, it is heparin that is effected and not our usual "at home... [More] -
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Heparin IS NOT warfarin or lovenox. Warfarin is the same as Coumadin -oral anticoagulant. Lovenox is same as Low molecular weight heparin. Heparin ... [More]
