Generic Name: Enoxaparin Sodium
Pharmacologic Category: Anticoagulant, Low Molecular Weight Heparin
Dosage Form and Strengths:
- Enoxaparin Sodium 40 mg equivalent to 4000 IU Anti–Xa in a pre-filled syringe for injection
- Enoxaparin Sodium 60 mg equivalent to 6000 IU Anti–Xa in a pre-filled syringe for injection
Acute coronary syndromes: Unstable angina, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, and ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Deep vein thrombosis treatment (acute): Inpatient treatment (patients with or without pulmonary embolism [PE]) and outpatient treatment (patients without PE).
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Following hip or knee replacement surgery, abdominal surgery, or in medical patients with severely restricted mobility during acute illness who are at risk for thromboembolic complications.