enoxaparin

enoxaparin /enox·a·par·in/ (e-nok″sah-par´in) a low molecular weight heparin used as the sodium salt as an antithrombotic.

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enoxaparin

[e-nok′säpar′in]

a low-molecular-weight heparin used as the sodium salt to prevent pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis after hip or knee replacement or high-risk abdominal surgery, administered subcutaneously as the sodium salt. It is also used together with warfarin in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis and together with aspirin in the prevention of coronary thrombosis associated with unstable angina or certain kinds of myocardial infarction.

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enoxaparin [e-nok″sah-par´in]

a low molecular weight heparin, used as the sodium salt to prevent pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis following hip or knee replacement or high-risk abdominal surgery; administered subcutaneously as the sodium salt. It is also used together with warfarin in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis and together with aspirin in the prevention of coronary thrombosis associated with unstable angina or certain kinds of myocardial infarction.

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enoxaparin

Lovenox^® Vascular disease An LMW heparin anticoagulant used to prevent DVT, venous TE in Pts with acute medical disease, and to prevent ischemic complications of unstable angina and non-Q-wave MIs Adverse events Hemorrhage. See Deep vein thrombosis, Low-molecular-weight heparin.