Placement or removal of an epidural catheter or lumbar puncture is best performed when the anticoagulant effect of Lovenox is low; however, the exact timing to reach a sufficiently low anticoagulant effect in each patient is not known. Placement or removal of a catheter should be delayed for at...
or have had spinal procedures/surgery before (such as epidural catheter placement, difficult epidural/spinal puncture), or are taking other drugs that can cause bleeding/bruising (including antiplatelet drugs such as clopidogrel, "blood thinners" such as warfarin/rivaroxaban, nonsteroidal anti-inflammato...
Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium) Injection is ananticoagulant(blood thinner) used to preventblood clotsthat are sometimes calleddeep vein thrombosis(DVT), which can lead to blood clots in thelungs. A DVT can occur after certain types of surgery, or in people who are bed-ridden due to a prolonged ...