25. Drugs Affecting Blood
Ian Mullaney
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA6150, Australia.
Phone +61 8 93601236 Fax +61 8 93601240 Email i.mullaney@murdoch.edu.au
Reviewer : Elizabeth Davis, Monash University
Key words: platelet aggregation inhibitors, aspirin, dipyramidole, clopidogrel, abciximab, eptifibatide, tirofiban, anticoagulants, heparin, enoxaparin, dalteparin, warfarin, thrombolytics, streptokinase, alteplase, tenectaplase, reteplase, iron salts, colbalamins, folic acid, erythropoietin, hydroxyurea, clotting factors, vitamin K1, protamine sulphate, tranexamic acid, aprotinin
Contents
25. Drugs affecting blood
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Important dysfunctions of the blood system
25.3 Drugs used in to correct dysfunctions of the blood
25.3.1 Anti-thrombosis treatments
25.3.1.1 Platelet aggregation inhibitors
25.3.1.2 Anticoagulants
25.3.1.3 Thrombolytics
25.3.2 Treatments for anaemia
25.3.3 Treatments for bleeding disorders