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Heparin
Identifier
005095
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Heparin
Heparin also known as unfractionated heparin, is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant, and has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule. It can also be used to form an inner anticoagulant surface on various experimental and medical devices such as test tubes and renal dialysis machines.
Although used principally in medicine for anticoagulation, the true physiological role in the body remains unclear, because blood anti-coagulation is achieved mostly by heparan sulfate proteoglycans derived from endothelial cells. Heparin is usually stored within the secretory granules of mast cells and released only into the vasculature at sites of tissue injury. It has been proposed that, rather than anticoagulation, the main purpose of heparin is defense at such sites against invading bacteria and other foreign materials. In addition, it is conserved across a number of widely different species, including some invertebrates that do not have a similar blood coagulation system.
On Jan, 21, 2017 47,258 people reported to have side effects when taking Heparin. Among them, 109 people (0.23%) have Hallucination
On Jan, 04, 2017 10,644 people reported to have side effects when taking Heparin Sodium. Among them, 22 people (0.21%) have Hallucination