How to Use heparin in a Sentence

heparin

noun
  • The drugs heparin and insulin were initially derived from pigs.
    — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
  • The other trial will study the use of heparin in patients who are hospitalized.
    — Anna Edney, Bloomberg.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The wipeout could create shortages of food and supplies of products made from pigs, such as the blood-thinner heparin.
    — National Geographic, 7 Nov. 2019
  • The concern is that giving heparin to such patients would worsen their condition.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The beads are covered in heparin, a substance similar to a molecule found inside blood vessels that pathogens bind to.
    — John Carreyrou, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Demand for albuterol and heparin is likely to rise across most or all age groups, while demand for donepezil will rise among adults ages 55 and older.
    — Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Snyder didn’t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina; heparin, a blood thinner; and morphine for the pain.
    — Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
  • The blood-thinner heparin, made from pig products and largely sourced from China, could also face shortages, Schipp said.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The blood-thinning medication heparin is commonly used to treat clots but could be hazardous if used in these situations.
    — Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 13 Apr. 2021
  • In the future, these animals might be the source of the blood thinner heparin or even organs for transplant in those sensitized to the alpha-gal sugar.
    — Peter G. Lurie and Beth Ellikidis, STAT, 17 Apr. 2023
  • But the people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine and developed the clots hadn't taken heparin.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 13 Apr. 2021
  • They may also be restricted in using certain medication such as heparin, which uses pig intestines.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Some doctors have tried using blood thinners such as heparin to try to reduce the clotting, but there's not enough evidence to show whether such treatment helps patients survive.
    — Maggie Fox, CNN, 17 Apr. 2020
  • With that change, China, the world’s largest pork producer, also became the dominant supplier of crude heparin.
    — Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2025
  • The contaminant, which is very cheap, was similar in chemical structure to heparin and was able to go undetected in routine tests.
    — Marsha Blackburn, STAT, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Pig products go into dozens of life-saving drugs like epinephrine, which is used to treat severe allergic reactions, and heparin, a blood thinner.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Its version of the blood-thinner heparin drew plaudits — and a bump in stock prices — after a contamination outbreak in other thinners killed dozens of people.
    — John Wilkens, Pomerado News, 13 Apr. 2018
  • In the affected patients, researchers have seen a rare clotting reaction similar to a rare side effect of the blood-thinning medication heparin.
    — Leah Rosenbaum, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Like amoxicillin, heparin is one of those foundational medications that make modern medicine possible.
    — Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2025
  • Gosselin was admitted to the hospital and treated with IV blood thinners, including heparin.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The company has since shipped several other essential medicines, including the blood thinner heparin and the opioid overdose rescue drug, naloxone.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Health officials said one reason for the J&J pause was to make sure doctors know how to treat patients suspected of having these clots, which includes avoiding giving heparin.
    — Lauran Neergaard, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Instead, doctors treated Walker with a heparin drip, an anticoagulant that prevents clots from forming or growing.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Common examples include Jantoven (warfarin) and heparin.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Common examples include Jantoven (warfarin) and heparin.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Medications include small doses of anticoagulants (such as heparin) to prevent clots from forming.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Medications include small doses of anticoagulants (such as heparin) to prevent clots from forming.
    — Paul Sisson, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Hospitalized patients will receive either low or high doses of heparin while those being treated outside of a hospital will get either apixaban, aspirin, or a placebo.
    — Anna Edney, Bloomberg.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The scientists wondered if injecting human cells with the blood thinner heparin and related heparinoids would essentially trick the toxins into binding with the medicine, rather than harming the cells.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
  • Occasionally a drug is an animal product itself, such as the anti-clotting injection heparin or the female hormone product Premarin.
    — Teresa Graedon, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017

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