Infusion Products
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Clotting Factor
Depending on the severity of the disorder – mild, moderate or severe – a person with hemophilia will usually treat their condition with an intravenous infusion of replacement clotting factor medication. Clotting factor (or just “factor”) medication is engineered to act as a replacement for the deficient clotting protein. Concentrates of clotting factor VIII (for hemophilia A) or clotting factor IX (for hemophilia B) are infused into a vein.
Clotting factor concentrates can be made from human blood that has been treated to prevent the spread of diseases, such as hepatitis or HIV. With the new methods of screening and treating donated blood, the risk of developing an infectious disease from clotting factors taken from human blood is now very small.
To further reduce that risk, you or your child can take clotting factor concentrates that don’t use human blood. These are called recombinant clotting factors. Clotting factors are easy to store, mix and use at home, and typically take only about 15 minutes to infuse.
Von Willebrand Disease
Von Willebrand factor replacement therapy is an infusion of a concentrate of von Willebrand factor and factor VIII into a vein in your arm. This treatment can be used if you:
- Can’t take desmopressin or need extended treatment
- Have type I vWD that doesn’t respond to desmopressin
- Have type II or type III vWD
