Enoxaparin : Before Using

Enoxaparin - Systemic

Brand Names

Lovenox Enoxaparin *** Before Using *** How to Use *** Fore Safe Use *** Side Effects

Before Using

In deciding to using a medication, the chance of taking the drug must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you will make. For enoxaparin, the following must be considered

Allergic reaction

Tell your family doctor if you have any unusual or allergy to enoxaparin or to heparin. Also tell your health care professional if you are allergic to any other substances, such as foods, especially pork or pork products, preservatives, or dyes.

Pregnancy care

Enoxaparin has not had adequate studies performed in pregnant women. However, if you are pregnant your family doctor will need to closely monitor you because of an increased risk of bleeding. In pregnant women who have an artificial heart valve, enoxaparin is not recommended.

Breast-feeding problem

It is not known whether this drug passes into breast milk. Although most medication pass into breast milk in small amounts, many of them may be using safely while breast-feeding. Mothers who are using this drug and who wish to breast-feed must discuss this with their family doctor.

Use for Children

Studies on this drug have been done only in adult diseaseds and there is no special info comparing use of enoxaparin in child with use in other age groups.

Elderly care

This drug has been tested and has been shown to cause an increased risk of side effects or problems in elderly people than it does in adults people. You family doctor may adjust your dose, especially if you are less than 45 kg - 99 lbs. of body weight or in elderly diseaseds with decreased kidney function.

Drug interactions

Although certain medication must not be using together at all, in other cases two various medication may be using together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your family doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are using enoxaparin, it is especially important that your health care professional know if you are taking any of the following:

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs - NSAIDs including:
Ketorolac tromethamine - Toradol use of this drug when receiving spinal or epidural anesthesia can lead to long term neurological problems

Drugs effecting platelet aggregation or effect blood clotting ability such as:
Aspirin
Dipyridamole - SK-Dipyridamole
Divalproex - Depakote
Inflammation or pain drug, except narcotics,
Plicamycin - Mithracin
Salicylates - choline salicylate - Arthropan, magnesium salicylate - Doan's, salsalate - Disalcid,
Sulfinpyrazone - Anturane
Thrombolytic agents - e.g. alteplase - Activase, anistreplase - Eminase, streptokinase - Streptase, urokinase - Abbokinase
Ticlopidine - Ticlid
Valproic acid - Depakene Using any of these medication together with enoxaparin may increase the risk of bleeding

Other Information for using

The presence of other medical problems may effect the use of enoxaparin. Make sure you tell your family doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:

Blood disease or bleeding problems
Blood vessel problems
Heart infection
Heart valves, prosthetic
High blood pressure - hypertension
Kidney disease
Liver disease
Septic shock
Stomach ulcer - active
Threatened miscarriage The risk of bleeding may be increased

Always tell your family doctor if you have received enoxaparin or heparin before and had a reaction to either of them called thrombocytopenia, or if new blood clots formed while you were receiving the drug.

In addition, tell your family doctor if you have recently given birth, fallen or suffered a blow to the body or head, or had medical or dental surgery . These events may increase the risk of serious bleeding when you are taking enoxaparin.