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Hepflush 10
Hepflush Side Effects Center
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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Hepflush FDA Prescribing Information: Side Effects
(Adverse Reactions)
SIDE EFFECTS
Hemorrhage
Hemorrhage is the chief complication that may result from heparin use (see WARNINGS). An overly prolonged clotting time or minor bleeding during therapy can usually be controlled by withdrawing the drug (see OVERDOSAGE).
Thrombocytopenia, Heparin-induced Throm-bocytopenia (HIT) and Heparin-induced Throm-bocytopenia and Thrombosis (HITT) and Delayed Onset of HIT and HITT
See WARNINGS.
Local irritation and erythema have been reported with the use of heparin lock flush solution.
Hypersensitivity
Generalized hypersensitivity reactions have been reported, with chills, fever and urticaria as the most usual manifestations, and asthma, rhinitis, lacrima-tion, headache, nausea and vomiting, and ana-phylactoid reactions, including shock, occurring more rarely. Itching and burning, especially on the plantar side of the feet, may occur.
Thrombocytopenia has been reported to occur in patients receiving heparin, with a reported incidence of 0 to 30%. While often mild and of no obvious clinical significance, such thrombocytopenia can be accompanied by severe thromboembolic complications such as skin necrosis, gangrene of the extremities that may lead to amputation, myocar-dial infarction, pulmonary embolism, stroke, and possibly death (see WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS).
Certain episodes of painful, ischemic and cyanosed limbs have in the past been attributed to allergic vasospastic reactions. Whether these are in fact identical to the thrombocytopenia-associated complications remains to be determined.
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