A patient being treated for a brain bleed at St. Mary Medical Center last fall was given more than twice the necessary amount of an anti-blood clot medication after a nurse incorrectly reported their ...
Unlike unfractionated heparin (UFH), the low-molecular-weight heparin enoxaparin (Lovenox) is excreted mainly by the kidneys. To determine whether this characteristic heightens bleeding risk in ...
Lovenox (enoxaparin) and heparin are both prescription blood thinners primarily used to prevent or treat certain types of ...
When Momenta filed its ANDA for enoxaparin in August 2005, the challenge facing the FDA was how to demonstrate its therapeutic equivalence to Lovenox. The problem, ostensibly, is that enoxaparin ...