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Enoxaparin
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Contents
General
- Type: Low molecular weight heparin
- Dosage Forms:
- Common Trade Names: Lovenox
Adult Dosing
Pediatric Dosing
Special Populations
- Pregnancy Rating:
- Lactation:
- Renal Dosing
- Renal impairment (creatinine clearance <30)
- Use 50% of usual dose or use UFH instead
- Adult
- Pediatric
- Renal impairment (creatinine clearance <30)
- Hepatic Dosing
- Adult
- Pediatric
- Obesity
- Weight-based dosing safe up to 190kg (no data available thereafter)
Indications
Contraindications
- Allergy to class/drug
Adverse Reactions
- Bleeding
- Pruritus
- Local skin reaction
Pharmacology
- Half-life:
- Metabolism:
- Excretion:
- Mechanism of Action:
See Also
References
Authors
Ross Donaldson, Jordan Swartz, Neil Young, Daniel Ostermayer
