Heparin / Boots.

  • Boots Pure Drug Company
Date:
[between 1950 and 1959?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Heparin / Boots. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    <= Unlike dicoumarol, heparin is prompt in action and, besides being non-cumulative, entails no danger of over-prolonged action ; over-dosage and side-effects from heparin are, therefore, controlled with relative ease. Other uses of heparin Apart from its use in the prevention and treatment of thrombo-embolic disease, heparin has been used with success in :— Vascular surgery. Vascular injury. Post-traumatic gangrene. Blood transfusion work in the new-born. Pneumonia and other inflammatory conditions. CONTRA-INDICATIONS The use of Injection of Heparin, B.P. is contra-indicated in the following conditions :— Active bleeding Increased capillary fragility Purpura Intracranial hemorrhage Hemorrhagic disorders Intracranial vascular lesions Presence of large, open wounds Severe liver damage. Heparin should not be administered during the first week of the puerperium, and should be used with caution in the presence of gastric or intestinal ulceration with bleeding. METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION Injection of Heparin, 1,000 or.5,000 IU. per ml.,. is administered either by intermittent intravenous injection or by continuous intravenous drip. Injection of Heparin, 25,000 I.U. per ml., is admini- stered only by intramuscular injection. It should not be administered intravenously, undiluted.
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