Heparin Injection BP (British Pharmacopoeia) is a medication used to prevent the formation of blood clots in the body. It contains the active ingredient heparin, which is a natural anticoagulant that works by inhibiting the activity of certain clotting factors in the blood.
Heparin is a heterogenous group of straight-chain anionic mucopolysaccharides, called glycosaminoglycans having anticoagulant properties. Heparin Sodium in Sodium Chloride Injection at a concentration of 2 units/mL is indicated as an anticoagulant to maintain catheter patency.
COUMADIN (warfarin sodium) tablets contain warfarin sodium, an anticoagulant that acts by inhibiting vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors. Vitamin K promotes the biosynthesis of γ-carboxyglutamic acid residues in the proteins that are essential for biological activity.
Enoxaparin (Lovenox®) is sometimes called an “anticoagulant”. You may also hear enoxaparin referred to as “low molecular weight heparin”.
It is also used for the management of schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorders, ballism, and Tourette syndrome (a drug of choice) and occasionally as adjunctive therapy in mental retardation and the chorea associated with Huntington’s disease