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enoxaparin /enox·a·par·in/ (e-nok″sah-par´in) a low molecular weight heparin used as the sodium salt as an antithrombotic. 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. 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
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Another group of 512 patients received a standard treatment, enoxaparin (Lovenox)--a derivative of the blood thinner heparin--by daily injection for a week, starting 12 hours before surgery. Drug interactions may occur with anticoagulant medications such as warfarin (Coumadin), enoxaparin (Lovenox), heparin, aspirin, and other drugs with aspirin-like effects such as clopidine (Ticlid) and clopidogrel (Plavix). The patient was taking several medications, including 80 mg/day of subcutaneous enoxaparin and 81 mg/day of aspirin. |
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