Hi...well l thought l would add this to my blog as l know some people on Minit are taking Clexane and l thought you would like to have a read.......l rang the hospital to get my batch number checked and l have a good batch and have to keep retaking the injections........if yu are not sure ring your phamancy or doctor and get you batch number checked.
Heres the news articile:
Common blood-thinning drug recalled
Batches of a common blood-thinning medicine have been recalled in Australia after testing positive to a dangerous contaminant.
The medicines watchdog, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), has recalled five batches of Clexane, commonly used in patients undergoing heart and joint surgery, and in patients with kidney failure and other conditions.
Clexane contains heparin, intravenous forms of which have been linked to severe allergic reactions, including dozens of deaths, in the United States.
TGA head Dr Rohan Hammett said all intravenous forms of the drug in Australia had been tested and cleared.
"At this stage, the Clexane product, or five batches of it, have tested positive for that contaminant and we are recalling those batches of Clexane," Dr Hammett told ABC radio.
"It is important to note that to date there have been no reports of adverse events or untoward reactions to Clexane in Australia.
"This is purely precautionary at this stage."
Dr Hammett said there were different theories about how the contamination may have occurred.
"The TGA is actively investigating where the contamination may have occurred along the manufacturing supply chain," he said.
Australian Medical Association president Rosanna Capolingua praised the recall.
"This is a very serious situation, there have been a number of recorded deaths due to anaphylaxis, which is a severe allergic reaction, to heparin products, to Clexane for instance, in the United States," she said.
Dr Capolingua said hospitals should think very carefully about rationing unaffected batches of Clexane.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified a Chinese plant as the source of the contaminated heparin, according to the New York Times newspaper.
The FDA has identified the contaminant as oversulfated chondroitin sulfate, a "cheap fake additive", the newspaper said.
The FDA launched an investigation after a spike in reported deaths of patients given heparin between November and February.
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lm now 2 days overdue, the boys are starting to wonder if l am going to go into labor or before school starts on Monday. lmstill wondering, but hey we all do when we are overdue. Bubs has been playing football and pushing downwards, moving his head side to side alot......l cant wait to meet him face to face soon.
Yesterday was my 40 week check up with the Ob Doc....everything is still going well with bubs. My belly was at 40cms so its reached the size and the doc thinks bubs is around the 8lb size now. There is however a disappointment, if my baby does not show before next Wednesday the Ob Doc said l will have to have a c section as they dont like to induce after a previous c section - thats crap. Anyhow he sent me down for another heartbeat scan and while l was there the midwives told me there is another way if l would still like to try for a VBAC. If my baby has not come by Wednesday tell the Ob Doc l see that l want my waterbroken - that usually works. They said if the doc does not want to listern demand it....as its my body and my baby. Cos there are some docs which will not take no for an answer.They did the scan everything is prefect and they booked me in fr another scan next wednesday before the Ob Doc appintment. lve already been told if l have another c section lm likely to get another blood clot.....l dont want that. l need a mircle before next Wednesday.
