MID-VOLUME · HOSP-HEAVY
heparin Side Effects
heparin (also sold as Heparin Sodium) sits MID-VOLUME #287 of 524 by FAERS report count. Lead signal: HOSP-HEAVY - 39.9% mention hospitalization (5,169 reports). Demographics and serious-outcome tables follow.
Data updated 2026-05-15
- 12,966
- FAERS reports
FDA Adverse Event Reporting System extract for heparin. Stamp set WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY. How figures are compiled.
heparin: 39.9% mention hospitalization (5,169 reports). Death stamp DEATH-HEAVY; volume band MID-VOLUME #287 of 524 by FAERS report count.
Mid-book FAERS page for heparin (Heparin Sodium) (12,966 reports). Signature HOSP-HEAVY. Dominant age band on file: 45-64. Educational reference only.
Counts from the openFDA FAERS extract (2004–2025). Stamps WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA leads 1,207 of 12,966 reports
Who reports · age peak 45-64 (SEX-BALANCED)
Sex coding · SEX-BALANCED
Age peak 45-64 (2,924 reports)
FAERS filings rising toward 2025
Reactions in Death Reports
Death-mentioned subset is HEAVY here (2,519 reports, 19.4%). Top co-reported reactions in that subset - voluntary, not causal.
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| DEATH | 364 |
| SEPSIS | 339 |
| MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME | 309 |
| VOMITING | 279 |
| NAUSEA | 277 |
| GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION | 266 |
| HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA | 254 |
| CARDIOGENIC SHOCK | 240 |
| ABDOMINAL PAIN | 239 |
| HYPONATRAEMIA | 233 |
| CONSTIPATION | 227 |
| STRESS | 227 |
| ASCITES | 224 |
| PULMONARY EMBOLISM | 216 |
| ABDOMINAL DISTENSION | 215 |
| APPENDICITIS | 209 |
| APPENDICOLITH | 206 |
| VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION | 198 |
| CONDITION AGGRAVATED | 197 |
Reactions in Hospitalization Reports
Hospitalization is HEAVY (5,169, 39.9% of the book). Top reactions in those rows:
| Reaction | Reports |
|---|---|
| HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA | 565 |
| PYREXIA | 329 |
| NAUSEA | 308 |
| ANAEMIA | 294 |
| VOMITING | 287 |
| PULMONARY EMBOLISM | 277 |
| DYSPNOEA | 269 |
| SEPSIS | 256 |
| PNEUMONIA | 253 |
| CONDITION AGGRAVATED | 230 |
| DIARRHOEA | 220 |
| THROMBOSIS | 213 |
| ABDOMINAL PAIN | 212 |
| THROMBOCYTOPENIA | 212 |
| FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA | 204 |
| HYPOTENSION | 201 |
| CONSTIPATION | 190 |
| HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED | 189 |
How to read heparin FAERS figures (WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY)
FAERS holds 12,966 voluntary reports linked to heparin (Heparin Sodium), 2004-2025. Death is listed on 2,519 (19.4%). Hospitalization appears on 5,169 (39.9%). Top co-reported indication: Product Used For Unknown Indication.
Mid-volume extract - treat DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY as signal-detection rates next to 39.9% mention hospitalization (5,169 reports).
Read with heparin
Peers ranked by ABS(total_reports), then an ABS(death_share) pole; guide hop follows DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY stamps.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 12,919 FAERS cases (Δ 47 lighter vs heparin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 13,075 FAERS cases (Δ 109 heavier vs heparin); DEATH-MARKED · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 12,855 FAERS cases (Δ 111 lighter vs heparin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-MID · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(total_reports) peer at 13,113 FAERS cases (Δ 147 heavier vs heparin); DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED vs this page's WATCHLIST · DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY · SEX-BALANCED.
ABS(death_share) pole at 62.1% death-mentioned reports (Δ 42.7 pp vs heparin's DEATH-HEAVY): CASELOAD · HOSP-MID.
heparin stamps DEATH-HEAVY · HOSP-HEAVY; FAERS outcome shares are signal-detection rates, not incidence. Read them next to caseload WATCHLIST and the label guide.