Dalteparin and Fondaparinux Dose by Weight (FDA Label)
The dose the FDA label gives for dalteparin or fondaparinux.
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Example
- Drug
- Dalteparin (Fragmin)
- Indication
- Dalteparin: extended treatment of VTE in cancer
- Weight
- 75 kg
- Creatinine clearance
- 60 mL/min
- Dalteparin cancer VTE: month of treatment
- Month 1 (first 30 days)
- Dalteparin cancer VTE: platelets
- 150 × 1,000/mm³
Result: The Fragmin label's Table 3 (month 1) gives 15,000 units (the row for 69 to 82 kg), once daily.
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What you enter
- Drug
- Indication
- Weight (where the label doses by it)
- Creatinine clearance (fondaparinux; cancer VTE)
- Dalteparin cancer VTE: month of treatment
- Dalteparin cancer VTE: platelets
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA labels on DailyMed: Fragmin (dalteparin) sections 2.1 to 2.3, 2.5 and 2.6, Tables 1 to 4 and 6; Arixtra (fondaparinux) sections 2.2 to 2.4 and 4. Read the sources: Fragmin label ↗, Arixtra label ↗
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