Lovenox(enoxaparin) SQ

[sharann]

Where do you inject it? I was told ALWAYS SQ in the abdomen. If given other areas can cause bleeds and hematoma.

[deb123]

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[BSN74]

I got a DVT last summer. Had Lovenox from time to time. Injection in abd. was just not going to happen. Gave them in upper thigh and taught daughter to give shot and she gave in upper arm. I did just fine.

BTW my whole life until he retired, my father was the Coumadin sales rep. Sure could use some of those samples now.

[JDID]

I have an obese patient that continues to get these injections in the abdomen and has huge hematomas there. There are knots in her abdomen the size of my hand. I started injecting her in the deltoid area and she hasn't had any problems. I called the pharmacy responsible for our meds and they told me the deltoid is fine. It's a subQ injection. I don't think you can ONLY put it in the love handles. I've checked the lovenox box and it doesn't specify a place either. SubQ is SubQ. It's not WRONG to give it elsewhere. Thanks

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I know this is a really old thread, but interesting. I see in my drug books that it is primarily given in the anterior or posterial lateral abdominal wall (love handles) for recumbant patients, and does not seem to care or mention specifics anywhere else-just keeps saying SUB-Q; this is my Mosby Nursing Drug Guide dated 2006.

[rehabhereIcome]

I am very confused by this thread. I did not vote the way the Vast did. I see the vast majority say it is in the Abdomen. When my son came home from hospital after a heart procedure at 3 days old..he was on enoxaparin for 3 months for a clot he developed in his right foot. I gave him injections SC into his little "chicken legs" right-night and left-day..this was the way I was TAUGHT/SHOWN and INSTRUCTED to give the injections by the nursing staff and there thrombosis clinic staff. I was told to apply light pressure at the injection to avoid bruising. I'd say all in all...after 3 months!!!...his legs did not look all too bad considering...he did not develop any hematomas and the pain of the shot seemed quite short lived. Is it somehow different for paed patients?

[suehbca]

The pharmaceutical company told me that the abdomen is the only FDA approved site to inject Lovenox. We perform abdominoplasty surgeries where there are drains and such in in the abdominal tissue so I am awaiting information on alternate sites for injections.

[RheatherN, ASN, RN, EMT-P]

best absorption; proven

[Bicycleboy]

I know Lovenox is not insulin but research shows that insulin injected into the abdomen is absorbed more completely than anywhere else. Could this be the same with lovenox?

[new_oldRN]

Sharann:

SQ injections are not aspirated.