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Lani · 09-12-2007, 12:50 AM

the amount of heparin used to flush out a port is miniscule. Therapeutic doses of heparin are used to, for example, thin the blood of someone who has blood clots and carries with it the risk of bleeding. I don't know that they have worked out the dosage needed to get this effect in humans and the article shows the oligosaccharine derivatives of heparin to work better than heparin itself.

But it is nice to think that you may POSSIBLY be getting a beneficial side effect from a drug they need to use anyway!

09-12-2007, 12:50 AM	#3
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,783	as I understand it the amount of heparin used to flush out a port is miniscule. Therapeutic doses of heparin are used to, for example, thin the blood of someone who has blood clots and carries with it the risk of bleeding. I don't know that they have worked out the dosage needed to get this effect in humans and the article shows the oligosaccharine derivatives of heparin to work better than heparin itself. But it is nice to think that you may POSSIBLY be getting a beneficial side effect from a drug they need to use anyway!