News tagged with heparin
Scientists teach enzyme to make synthetic heparin in more varieties
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have learned to customize a key human enzyme responsible for producing heparin, opening the door to a more effective synthetic anticoagulant as well as treatments ...
Simple new method detects contaminants in life-saving drug
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The blood-thinning drug heparin is highly effective when used to prevent and treat blood clots in veins, arteries and lungs, but earlier this year its reputation as a lifesaver was sullied when contaminated ...
Why 'thick' blood protects from a heart attack
Aug 24, 2009 |
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"Thick" blood can cause heart attack and stroke, but also prevent them. Scientists at Heidelberg University Hospital have explained the mechanism of this clinical paradox for the first time on an animal model. ...
Study: Stockings for stroke patients don't work
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Special stockings commonly given to stroke patients to prevent blood clots don't work, a new study reported Wednesday.
Conclusive evidence that tainted heparin caused allergic reactions
Dec 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has confirmed that a contaminant found in several batches of the blood-thinner heparin is linked with severe allergic reactions in patients, dozens of whom died after ...
Chemists move closer toward developing safer, fully-synthetic form of heparin
Aug 17, 2008 |
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Chemists are reporting a major advance toward developing a safer, fully-synthetic version of heparin, the widely used blood thinner now produced from pig intestines. The U. S. Food and Drug Administration last spring linked ...
Investigation of contaminated heparin syringes highlights medication safety issues
Oct 12, 2009 |
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An outbreak of bloodstream infections appears to have been caused by the contamination of pre-filled heparin and saline syringes made by a single company, according to a report in the October 12 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...
FDA tells doctors new heparin formula less potent
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is alerting doctors that a widely used blood thinner has been reformulated to improve its safety, though the change could open the door to dosing errors.
Heparin can cause skin lesions
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Heparin, a commonly used anticoagulant, can cause skin lesions, reports a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Skin lesions caused by heparin may indicate the presence of a life-threatening decrease in t ...
Drug-eluting stents better than bare-metal stents for heart attack patients
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Late-breaking data from the landmark HORIZONS-AMI clinical trial, presented at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, demonstrated that after two years, in heart attack patients, ...
Otamixaban for the treatment of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Data from a phase II trial of an investigational intravenous drug designed to block the formation of blood clots shows potential to reduce the risk of death, a second heart attack, or other coronary complications compared ...
