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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 | 280 |
99% |
| Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) | 156 |
96% |
| Antiphospholipid Syndrome | 4 |
100% |
| Miscarriage | 2 |
100% |
| Pregnancy | 2 |
100% |
Overall, 98% (446
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briefely in hospital IV
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Will go off it in July if everything goes as planned. Right now I'm taking Prednisone for a lumbar stenosis issue and I want to get off that because it inhibits the effectiveness of Heparin.
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No problems with it.
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Heparin did work ---was administered during hospital stay ----experiencing short of breath now, was not before ---presently being checked for --also have sarcoid, but did not have short of breath as bad before PE.
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only @start, one week. Reduced swelling and pain, so I suppose it worked.
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Early days
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given as IV drip in hospital
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I responded really well and really quickly in the hospital to it.
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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]
