Anticoagulants Flashcards
1
Q
Thrombokytics
A
Dissolve clots
Promoters conversion of plasminogen to plasmin which eats away at clots
Meds end in-PLASE
Don’t give with uncrolled BP, platetes less than 100,000
No one pregnant
Given through peripheral IV
2
Q
DOAC
A
Direct factor XA inhibitor
Prevents prothrombin to thrombin
Expensive, not generic
Drugs end in- BAN
Most be in bottle (light sensitive)
Antidote is praxbind
3
Q
Low molecular weight herapin
A
Used for DVT,
SQ route only- 2in from umbilicus
No lab work, good for pregnant women
Meds: end in PARiN
Lovenox
4
Q
Unfractionated herpaib
A
Binds with antithrobin III. Inactivation of thrombin
Not mixed with other meds
PTT therapeutic range: 46 to 70 secs
5
Q
Brilinta abs Effient
A
Anti-platelet drugs- decrease platelet aggregation
New, expensive
