Bivastat 250mg Injection
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Manufactured By : Cipla Ltd
Composition : Bivalirudin (250mg)
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Bivastat 250mg Injection belongs to a group of medicines known as an anticoagulant or blood thinner. It helps prevent and treat blood clots. It is used to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack. It also prevents and treats clot formation in the veins of your legs, lungs, brain, and heart.
Bivastat 250mg Injection is commonly used in patients with irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation) to prevent clot formation. It also reduces the risk of getting clots in people who have undergone knee or hip replacement surgeries. It is given as a drip into a vein by a doctor or a nurse. You can reduce your risk of having a blood clot by making changes to your lifestyle, such as not smoking, eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and losing weight if you need to.
The most common side effects of this medicine are headache, low platelet level, and fever. It may also make you bleed more easily than normal, for example, having nosebleeds or bruising. You should be extra careful while shaving, cutting nails, or using sharp objects during treatment with this medicine.
This medicine may not be suitable for everyone and should be used with caution. Inform your doctor, if you have severe kidney or liver problems. Do not take this medicine if you are currently bleeding or if you are taking other medicines to reduce blood clotting. You should not breastfeed while using this medicine. Unlike other anticoagulants, a regular blood test (PT-INR) is not required while taking this medicine.
- Uses / Indications: Bivastat 250mg Injection is used for heart attack and unstable angina. It is also used in patients undergoing surgery to treat blockages in their blood vessels (angioplasty).
Interaction with alcohol is unknown. Please consult your doctor.
- Pregnancy interaction:
- Bivastat 250mg Injection is probably safe to use during pregnancy.Animal studies have shown low or no adverse effect on the foetus, however, there are limited human studies. Please consult your doctor.
- Expert advice:
- Regularly check for any signs and symptoms of bleeding and allergy during the treatment with bivalirudin.Inform your doctor if you have been previously been treated with bivalirudin or similar medicines like lepirudin.Inform your doctor if you are undergoing radiation treatment in the vessels that supply blood to the heart (treatment called beta or gamma brachytherapy). You may require hospital stay of at least 24 hours for monitoring any signs and symptoms leading to serious cardiac events.Before you take bivalirudin, inform your doctor if you suffer from liver/kidney/heart problems. Inform your doctor if you are taking other blood thinners or medicines to prevent blood clots. Tell your doctor if you are or planning to become pregnant or are breastfeeding.
- Side Effects:
- Bleeding.
- How to use:
- Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.
- How it works:
- Bivastat 250mg Injection is an anticoagulant that prevents the formation of harmful blood clots.
- Faq for medicine:
- What is Bivastat used for? : Bivastat is used to prevent the formation of blood clots in patients with chest pain due to heart disease (acute coronary syndromes - ACS) and who have undergone procedures to treat blockages in their blood vessels (angioplasty and/or percutaneous coronary intervention - PCI)|How is Bivastat metabolized? : Bivastat is metabolized by enzymes called as proteases, which break down Bivastat into inactive products|What class is Bivastat? : Bivastat belongs to a class of drugs called parenteral anticoagulant, i.e. it is a blood-thinning agent that prevents formation of blood clots, and is administered by injection|Does Bivastat affect International Normalized Ratio (INR)? : Yes, Bivastat can cause increase in INR, which is a laboratory test to detect the ability of blood to clot. Increased INR indicates decreased clotting of blood|Does Bivastat affect activated clotting time (ACT)? : Bivastat increases the ACT, indicating reduced blood clotting ability|How does Bivastat work? : Bivastat acts by preventing the formation of clot in the blood vessels.
