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Heparin
Pronounced HEP-ah-rin
Brand names: Heparin
Type: Anticoagulant (blood thinner) · All Heart & Blood Pressure Medicines
What Heparin is used for
- Treating blood clots in hospital
- Preventing clots during surgery, dialysis, and hospital stays
- Keeping blood lines open
◆ Kidney note
A standard blood thinner used during dialysis treatments.
Common side effects
- Easy bruising
- Bleeding at injection sites
- Mild pain at injection sites
Important cautions
- Can rarely cause a serious immune reaction (heparin-induced thrombocytopenia) that lowers platelets and causes new clots — blood counts are monitored
- Serious bleeding is the main risk
How it comes
Injection (hospital). This guide lists forms only — it never lists strengths or doses.
Related medicines — Heart & Blood Pressure Medicines
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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.