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    Condition: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention
    4/14/2020 10:32:46 PM

    Reviewer: pow, 35-44 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 1

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 1

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    I got this injection in the hospital. It caused a sroke with permanent paralasis on my left side. This is a bad drug and you should never use it.

    Condition: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention
    8/27/2019 6:17:29 PM

    Reviewer: Freddy Fredrickson, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 4

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 1

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 1

    Comment:
    In 2015 I was badly injured in a fall, shattering both of my feet, and was confined to a wheelchair for almost a year, well my team of doctors wanted me to take lovenox twice a day for 8 months! I would have to rotate injections sites from my stomach, to my rump, because after a 4 or 5 days, they'd be covered in bruises. I understood the importance of the medication, but it was a really awful ... Show Full Comment

    Condition: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention
    10/16/2014 10:31:41 AM

    Reviewer: AnkleSurgeryBoy, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 5

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 5

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 5

    Comment:
    Be sure to get alcohol swabs and a sharps container when you pick up your Lovenox. Their YouTube video showed that those items were included and my pharmacist never mentioned that they were needed. Fortunately I have alchohol at home, but I can see others injecting themselves without being able to clean their skin. So please be prepared and be sure to get these items before you start injecting ... Show Full Comment

    Condition: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention
    7/23/2014 7:15:00 PM

    Reviewer: Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 3

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 3

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 2

    Comment:
    Painful after needle is out

    Condition: Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention
    6/11/2014 8:08:10 PM

    Reviewer: bonnie, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

    Effectiveness

    Current Rating: 5

    Ease of Use

    Current Rating: 5

    Satisfaction

    Current Rating: 5

    Comment:
    i have this rash around the injection site and it really iches, now im getting a rash on my neck. dose anyone know if this is serious?

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