Taurolidine is an antibacterial and antifungal agent with a mechanism of action that is less prone to development of antimicrobial resistance. A taurolidine/heparin lock solution carries a lower risk ...

Are you taking Heparin? Are you aware of the dangers of combining Heparin with certain foods, herbs, or alcohol? Drug-food-interactions are seldom discussed but can lead to undesirable side effects ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

The heparin frequently given before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be pushed to as early as possible in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to ...

If the heparin shortage goes critical, there are some steps that could mitigate the harm, as one group outlined. "Manufacturing disturbances and an outbreak of African swine fever in China are ...

The comparative efficacy of various anticoagulation strategies has not been clearly established in patients with acute myocardial infarction who are undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) ...

UFH is a mixture of glycosaminoglycans of varying lengths (mean 15,000 daltons; range 3000-30,000 daltons). This heterogeneity results in variable anticoagulant activity and pharmacokinetics. In fact, ...

The story of a grad student who overcame remarkable odds only to be denied his moment of glory, or a tale of dark deceit and devilish doings? The story of heparin is as complicated as the chemistry ...

Review the side-effects of Heparin as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of the ...

Heparin (ball and stick structure) activates antithrombin-III (gray) to bind to and inhibit thrombin (purple). All this raises the questions: Just what is heparin? Where does it come from? What does ...

Researchers moved one step closer to the ability to make heparin in cultured cells. Heparin is a potent anti-coagulant and the most prescribed drug in hospitals, yet cell-culture-based production of ...