You should not use this medicine if you are allergic to heparin or pork products, or if you have: a history of low platelets in your blood caused by using heparin or pentosan polysulfate; a severe lack of platelets in your blood; or ...
Known hypersensitivity to heparin or pork products (e.g., anaphylactoid reactions) [see Adverse Reactions (6.2)]; • In whom suitable blood coagulation tests, e.g., the whole blood clotting time, partial thromboplastin time, etc., cannot be performed at appropriate intervals (this contraindica...
Hemorrhage, including fatal events, has occurred in patients receiving Heparin Sodium. Hemorrhage can occur at virtually any site in patients receiving heparin. Adrenal hemorrhage (with resultant acute adrenal insufficiency), ovarian hemorrhage, and retroperitoneal hemorrhage have occurred during anticoagulant ...
Before using heparin, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to pork products; or to pentosan polysulfate sodium; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients (such as benzyl alcohol found in some brands), which can cause allergic ...
Before using heparin, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to pork products; or to pentosan polysulfate sodium; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients (such as benzyl alcohol found in some brands), which can cause allergic ...
For people with pig protein sensitivity: Do not take this drug. This drug is made from pork tissue and can cause a life-threatening allergic reaction in people who are sensitive or allergic to other pig proteins. For people with uncontrolled high blood pressure: You are at an increased risk...
Heparin used in the U.S. now comes from the intestines of pigs that are slaughtered for meat. (The heparin is derived from what would otherwise be a waste product.) Seventy-five percent of the heparin used in the U.S. comes from China, which is the world's largest pork producer. ...
Within the context of the present invention, the inventors have obtained a novel mycobacterial antigen involved in adhesion of mycobacteria to epithelial type host cells. It is a 28 kDa heparin binding haemagglutinin (HBHA) which has been obtained from culture supernatants prepared from cell walls of...
Smithfield is the world’s largest pork processor with multiple fresh harvest facilities, including the largest sow harvest facility in North America. At these facilities, Smithfield BioScience employs tissue collection specialists to harvest glands, mucosa and pig skin to be used in both pharmaceutical...