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Uses:

• Your doctor will prescribe your exact dose and tell you how often it should be given. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins.
• A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine.
• You may also receive other blood thinners, such as aspirin and heparin, which will work together to help keep you from getting blood clots.
• You will get a dose of the medicine before your procedure and will continue to receive the medicine for about 12 hours afterwards.

Special precautions:

• Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using dipyridamole (Persantine®, Aggrenox®), ticlopidine (Ticlid®), a blood thinner such as warfarin (Coumadin®), thrombolytic medicine such as alteplase (Activase®) and streptokinase (Streptase®), or pain or arthritis medicine (such as aspirin, diclofenac, etodolac, ibuprofen, indomethacin, Advil®, Aleve®, Daypro®, Dolobid®, Feldene®, Indocin®, Motrin®, Orudis®, Relafen®, or Voltaren®).

Warnings:

• Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• This medicine may cause you to bleed more easily. This is more likely to happen within the first several hours, but this effect may last up to 3 days. Be careful to not cut or bruise yourself.
• You will probably need to stay in bed for several hours after you stop getting this medicine.
• Tell your doctor if you have received abciximab before.

Side Effects:

• Allergic reaction: Itching or hives, swelling in face or hands, swelling or tingling in the mouth or throat, tightness in chest, trouble breathing
• Blood in the urine or bloody or black, tarry stools
• Unusual bleeding or bruising, especially where the IV needle or catheter was placed
• Vomiting blood or material that looks like coffee grounds
• Back pain
• Lightheadedness or fainting