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What is the main difference between heparin sodium and heparin calcium?
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Rout Given: The sodium salt is given IV and the calcium salt is given sub q but the active drug Heparin is the same and functions as a blood thinner.
Answered 4/21/2017
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Salt: The active ingredient Heparin is the medication doing the work, the salt (Chemistry - Sodium or calcium ) is what the heparin is combined with to help it to become absorbed in the GI tract.
Answered 10/29/2018
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