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Alteplase
Pronounced AL-te-plase
Brand names: Activase, Cathflo
Type: Thrombolytic (clot-dissolving medicine) · All Heart & Blood Pressure Medicines
What Alteplase is used for
- Dissolving clots causing a stroke, heart attack, or lung clot (hospital)
- Clearing blocked central line catheters
Common side effects
- Bleeding at puncture sites
- Bruising
- Nosebleeds
Important cautions
- Given only in hospital or emergency settings because of the risk of serious bleeding, including in the brain
- Cannot be used after recent surgery, bleeding, or certain strokes — careful screening comes first
How it comes
Injection (hospital). This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
Related medicines — Heart & Blood Pressure Medicines
Condition guides on MedicalVideos.com
- Stroke — videos, articles and guides · medicines for stroke
- Heart Attack — videos, articles and guides · medicines for heart attack
Please note: This page is a patient-education summary, not medical advice, and it deliberately contains no doses. Medicines affect everyone differently — always follow your own prescription and talk to your doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing any medicine.