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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: pagandialysis on June 18, 2013, 07:28:14 PM

Title: Heparin
Post by: pagandialysis on June 18, 2013, 07:28:14 PM

........I just found out the heparin they inject into me comes from a pig's intestine....ewwww.....

Title: Re: Heparin
Post by: boswife on June 18, 2013, 09:07:43 PM

hahaha,,, of all things to gross ya out..lol

Title: Re: Heparin
Post by: Sugarlump on June 29, 2013, 06:04:35 PM

Well I have TPA in my line locks because of clotting...
and this comes from serum from guinea pigs in china! Double Ugh!!!!  :-*

Title: Re: Heparin
Post by: jbeany on June 29, 2013, 06:25:03 PM

I can beat that.  Part of the mesh they used to put MY intestines back on the inside where they belong is pig skin!  So I'm mostly me, with a few spare human parts, and bit of pig parts, too.   ;D

Title: Re: Heparin
Post by: Alex C. on July 01, 2013, 06:57:04 AM

So, what can you take if you are Jewish, and keep kosher, or a Muslim who stay halal? Are there non-porcine alternatives?

Title: Re: Heparin
Post by: PatDowns on July 01, 2013, 09:01:53 AM

Quote from: Alex C. on July 01, 2013, 06:57:04 AM

So, what can you take if you are Jewish, and keep kosher, or a Muslim who stay halal? Are there non-porcine alternatives?

Beef (bovine) lung heparin used to be available until reports/studies linked its use to a higher incidence of low blood platelet counts.  Plus, beef heparin is more expensive to produce.
In the situations you mention, religious law allows for the use of pork heparin if it is used to help save a life. 

From a previous IHD thread: "For our patients that cant or wont use heparin we pre-treat the dialyzer with 3000u [heparin] during recirculation and ensure to dump all the prime before we hook them up. This way they are recieving NO heparin. Only the dialyzer fibers are being prepared to help prevent clotting. We then give normal saline bolus 50-100ml every 30min when we do vitals to assist in keeping the dialyzer clear...."

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=11851.msg202159#msg202159

Title: Re: Heparin
Post by: gothiclovemonkey on August 15, 2013, 11:50:40 PM

i asked that same question, i was told there is also a horse alternative...
so i had to ask, is there a vegan option as well???
No... vegans are s.o.l.

Title: Re: Heparin
Post by: obsidianom on August 17, 2013, 01:08:44 PM

It beats PREMERIN (synthetic estrogen for hormone replacement), which comes from the URINE of pregnant mares(horses). 
I guess those mares dont have kidney disease. They still put out urine for our use.