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I have a 10 hour flight to Maui coming up, and need to have an injection beforehand. How long do the effects of Lovenox/Clexane last? Someone suggested 12 hours because you generally take the injections 12 hours apart (If taking two a day). If this is the case I'll need to have the injection, at the most, 2 hours before my flight. What I'm trying to determine is whether or not I'll have time to race to a doctors surgery and back before the flight, as I'm uncertain about giving myself the injection. I've already enquired at Sydney Airport Medical Centre but they'll be closed the day I fly *Sad face*.
I am taking 160mg aspirin daily (for the rest of my life), and have been off Coumadin for nearly a year now. I will be wearing compression stockings the entire flight.
I am taking 160mg aspirin daily (for the rest of my life), and have been off Coumadin for nearly a year now. I will be wearing compression stockings the entire flight.
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
Remember what RMB said, it's a piece of cake...
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https://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/pharmacy/janfeb2003/enoxaparin.htm
Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics of Enoxaparin
Enoxaparin catalyzes the binding of antithrombin III with both factor Xa and factor IIa. Anti-factor Xa and anti-factor IIa activity results in anticoagulation. For enoxaparin, the ability to neutralize factor Xa and factor IIa is approximately a 4:1 ratio.
Enoxaparin is Lovenox (Clexane)
The bioavailability of enoxaparin given subcutaneously is 92%. The volume of distribution of enoxaparin, based on anti-factor Xa activity, is 6 liters (in an average patient).
The elimination half-life of enoxaparin administered subcutaneously, based on anti-factor Xa activity, is 4.5 hours and is primarily renal. The maximum anti-factor Xa and anti-factor IIa activity occurs 3 to 5 hours after injection. In addition, the anti-factor Xa activity persists in the plasma for about 12 hours after a 40 mg dose.