Uses, Dosage & Side Effects: Angiomax Injection

Angiomax Injection

Generic namebivalirudin
Drug classAnticoagulants, Cardiovascular (Direct Thrombin Inhibitor)
FormsInjection

Angiomax is a medicine given through a vein that helps stop blood from clotting. It is a reversible direct thrombin inhibitor, meaning it blocks a substance in the blood called thrombin that causes clots to form.

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