Heparin

Dowa

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Posted 10/19/2008 9:26 AM (GMT -8)

Hi Guys: I spoke with Dr. C office in Missouri and they told me that 90% of Lyme patients have hypercoagulation and they prescribe heparin. How many of you here use heparin and how did it help you in any way? Thanking you in advance D

firefly16's Mom

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Posted 10/19/2008 10:59 AM (GMT -8)

Dear Dowa,
I use heparin to flush my daughters port after each IV. We also flush with saline. She also takes Coumadin once a day to help with the clotting problem that the lymies have. We used heparin in her pic line too, only in a smaller dose.

Dowa

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Posted 10/19/2008 1:33 PM (GMT -8)

Hi: He uses the heparin in place of the coumadin. Do you know why your daughter takes the coumadin instead of just the heparin for the clotting problem? D

firefly16's Mom

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Posted 10/19/2008 1:58 PM (GMT -8)

Hi Dowa,
She uses both the heparin and coumadin. When she had the picc line it would only stay open for 9 days at a time ( that was using heparin).
So when she got the port he decided to add the coumadin to help keep it open. She only takes 1mg a day. He also checks her clotting rate often.

Dowa

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Posted 10/19/2008 2:16 PM (GMT -8)

Thanks for your reply-D

Razzle

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Posted 10/21/2008 3:07 PM (GMT -8)

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