an injectable blood thinner (anticoagulant) used to treat and prevent blood clots especially after major surgeries (i.e., hip or knee replacement, abdominal surgery) or in very ill patients with limited mobility, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and for prevention of ischemic complications of unstable angina and myocardial infarction. Enoxaparin is a low molecular weight heparin with molecular formula C26H42N2O37S5. It is primarily metabolized in the liver by desulfation and/or depolymerization to smaller molecules.
Brand names: Lovenox, Clexane, Lovenox HP, Clexane Forte
Enoxaparin is given as an injection under skin in different areas of your body, usually in the fatty layer on the abdomen (the "stomach" area). Using the belly button as a reference point, one can inject him/herself anywhere from one inch above and one inch below the belly button. Injection can also be given in the thigh or fatty layer of the upper arm but preferably the abdomen or thigh.
Recommended dose of Enoxaparin depends on the body weight, health condition, and other factors such as kidney function. For instance, if taking Enoxaparin to prevent blood clots after a heart attack, the dose is often 1 milligram for every 2.2 pounds of body weight every 12 hours for two to eight days.
In patients undergoing abdominal surgery who are at risk for thromboembolic complications, the recommended dose of Enoxaparin Sodium Injection is 40 mg once a day administered by SC injection with the initial dose given 2 hours prior to surgery. The usual duration of administration is 7 to 10 days, up to 3 weeks after hip replacement surgery.
Brand names: Lovenox, Clexane, Lovenox HP, Clexane Forte
Enoxaparin is given as an injection under skin in different areas of your body, usually in the fatty layer on the abdomen (the "stomach" area). Using the belly button as a reference point, one can inject him/herself anywhere from one inch above and one inch below the belly button. Injection can also be given in the thigh or fatty layer of the upper arm but preferably the abdomen or thigh.
Recommended dose of Enoxaparin depends on the body weight, health condition, and other factors such as kidney function. For instance, if taking Enoxaparin to prevent blood clots after a heart attack, the dose is often 1 milligram for every 2.2 pounds of body weight every 12 hours for two to eight days.
In patients undergoing abdominal surgery who are at risk for thromboembolic complications, the recommended dose of Enoxaparin Sodium Injection is 40 mg once a day administered by SC injection with the initial dose given 2 hours prior to surgery. The usual duration of administration is 7 to 10 days, up to 3 weeks after hip replacement surgery.
Serious side effects include bleeding (unusual pain, swelling, pink or brown urine, phlegm, vomit, bloody or black stools, severe dizziness, weakness), doctor should be informed in case of accidental falls or trauma, headache and confusion.
Enoxaparin is more cost-effective than another anticoagulant Apixaban, claimed to be the most cost-effective novel oral anticoagulant. Both drugs are more cost effective than warfarin that has been the holy grail of thromboembolic research for decades.
Enoxaparin is more cost-effective than another anticoagulant Apixaban, claimed to be the most cost-effective novel oral anticoagulant. Both drugs are more cost effective than warfarin that has been the holy grail of thromboembolic research for decades.
