This site is intended for healthcare professionals

Go to /sign-in page

You can view 5 more pages before signing in

Side effects

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

Authoring team

These include:

  • haemorrhage, reversed by protamine sulphate
  • thrombocytopaenia - this is due to a direct effect of heparin on platelets, which generally improves with cessation of heparin. There also appears to be an immune mechanism that occurs 6-12 days after commencing heparin therapy. This latter cause of thrombocytopaenia via heparin-associated immune mediated aggregation of platelets may predispose to formation of platelet thrombus and disseminated intravascular coagulation, in addition to thrombocytopaenia.
  • other side effects include alopecia and osteoporosis

Related pages

Create an account to add page annotations

Add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation, such as a web address or phone number. This information will always be displayed when you visit this page