Bridging to Lovenox - first time

[Ross]

Are you bleeding at all now? If so, look out. Did you start your Coumadin back up yet?

Lovenox isn't a big deal other then the price tag. Haven't heard of anyone being allergic to it, but I would imagine there are exceptions like everything else. Have you checked the Lovenox dosing pages?

ADVERSE REACTIONS
Most common adverse reactions (>1%) were bleeding, anemia, thrombocytopenia, elevation of serum aminotransferase, diarrhea, and nausea (6.1)



To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS, contact sanofi-aventis at 1-800-633-1610 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.

 

[ctyguy]

No...no bleeding at all so Im not worried about that really. My concern was allergies and dosing. Ross do you have the link to that handy or is it in another thread on the site ?

 

[ctyguy]

And yes....took my normal Friday dose about an hr ago. Along with two Vicodins because my jaw was starting to ache. So Im just relaxing waiting on the wife to get home so she can watch my jab myself.

Once Im done with this over the weekend Im going to write a summary thread from start to finish for the masses to have also.

 

[ctyguy]

Cardio just called me again and gave me the dosing info. Now I know why they wanted to know my current weight So now I just wait on the DW to arrive for the injection

 

[Bina]

DW gets her revenge once again for the "bucket" incident....I love it.

 

[ctyguy]

OK....I've just self administered. Its burning a little but was simple enough. DW watched me. I should have put some cool whip or something in my mouth to fake some type of reaction Odds are though if I did that then the extraction today would not compare to what she would do to me

 

[Ross]

Make sure the alcohol dries before injecting or it will burn.

http://www.lovenox.com/consumer/default.aspx

 

[Marty]

My dentist never "bridges". I had a cavity in a lower wisdom recently. The tech asked if they should do a crown. He said , no- the recession has to get a lot worse before he'd put a crown in.