Heparin WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Heparin and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (via MedlinePlus): Heparin Injection nlm.nih.gov - Heparin Injection
  2. Wikipedia: Heparin en.wikipedia.org - Heparin
  3. First DataBank (via MedicineNet): Heparin - Injection medicinenet.com - Heparin - Injection
  4. RXList: Heparin rxlist.com - Heparin
  5. Cerner Multum (via Drugs.com): Heparin drugs.com - Heparin
  6. DrugDigest: Heparin Injection drugdigest.org - Heparin Injection
  7. Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Heparin (Intravenous Route, Subcutaneous Route) mayoclinic.com - Heparin (Intravenous Route, Subcutaneous Route)
  8. DrugLib: Heparin (Heparin Sodium) - Summary druglib.com - Heparin (Heparin Sodium) - Summary
  9. U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Information on Heparin fda.gov - Information on Heparin
  10. Medscape: Heparin (Porcine) (Bulk) Misc Detailed Monograph medscape.com - Heparin (Porcine) (Bulk) Misc Detailed Monograph


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Research Notes on Heparin


Heparin is an anticoagulant medication which prevents the blood from clotting. It is used to prevent and treat venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and other conditions of blood clotting. It is also used before surgeries to reduce the possibility of blood clots from forming.1

Fast Facts:

  • Heparin is given via injection.2
  • In 2007, actor Dennis Quaid's twelve-day-old twins were mistakenly given an adult dosage, which is 1,000 times the recommended dosage for infant.3
  • Contamination issues led to a 2008 recall by the Baxter Healthcare Corportaion. Multi-dose and single-dose vials of heparin sodium for injection, as well as HEP-LOCK heparin flush products were recalled.4

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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (via MedlinePlus): Heparin Injection
  2. ↑ Micromedex (via Mayo Clinic): Heparin (Intravenous Route, Subcutaneous Route)
  3. ↑ Wikipedia: Heparin
  4. ↑ U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Information on Heparin

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