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What is Heparin?

Heparin is an anticoagulant drug used to prevent blood clots in a variety of situations. Due to its short half life and vulnerabilty to digestion when taken orally, it must be injected frequently. It is most commonly used in hospital settings rather than at home.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) 13 2 Efficacy_major
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome 7 1 Efficacy_moderate
Factor V Leiden 5 0
Other 3 0
Ischemic Stroke 2 0
Superficial thrombosis 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell

See all 10 patients currently taking Heparin

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 5

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Heparin

Elevated liver enzymes 1
Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) 1
TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) 1
HELLP Syndrome 1
Hospitalization 1

Reported Dosages

  3mg as needed 10 units monthly 1.5 mL daily 100 units monthly 10 mg daily 10 units daily 100 units daily 200 units daily 4,000 mg daily 7,000 mmol/L daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Heparin (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 21   Course of treatment ended: 64%
Doctor's advice 8   Doctor's advice: 24%
Other 3   Other: 9%

See all 29 patients who’ve stopped taking Heparin

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Heparin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Heparin

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Heparin

Always
 5 83%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 17%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Heparin

Very
 1 17%
Somewhat
 2 33%
A little
 1 17%
Not at all
 2 33%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Heparin

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 25%
< $25
 3 75%

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Report created on May 25, 2012.