Epoetin theta, sold under the brand name Biopoin among others, is a copy of the human hormone erythropoietin. Text was copied from this source which is © European Medicines Agency. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged. Text was copied from this source which is © European Medicines Agency. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged. The most common side effects include shunt thrombosis (clots that can form in blood vessels of patients on dialysis, a blood clearance technique), headache, hypertension (high blood pressure),

hypertensive crisis Severely elevated blood pressure (equal to or greater than a systolic 180 or diastolic of 120—sometimes termed malignant or accelerated hypertension) is referred to as a hypertensive crisis, as blood pressure at this level confers a high risk ...

(sudden, dangerously high blood pressure),

skin reaction A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, nails, and related muscle and glands. The major function of this ...

arthralgia Arthralgia (from Greek ''arthro-'', joint + ''-algos'', pain) literally means ''joint pain''. Specifically, arthralgia is a symptom of injury, infection, illness (in particular arthritis), or an allergic reaction to medication. According to MeSH, ...

(joint pain) and influenza (flu)-like illness.Epoetin theta was approved for medical use in the European Union in October 2009. It is on the

World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (aka Essential Medicines List or EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health s ...

Medical uses

Epoetin theta is

indicated In medicine, an indication is a valid reason to use a certain test, medication, procedure, or surgery. There can be multiple indications to use a procedure or medication. An indication can commonly be confused with the term diagnosis. A diagnosis ...

for the treatment of symptomatic

anemia Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen due to a lower than normal number of red blood cells, or a reduction in the amount of hemoglobin. When anemia comes on slowly, t ...

in adults.

References

''attribution'' contains material copied from Biopoin , European Medicines Agency https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/biopoin 2021

External links

* Antianemic preparations Recombinant proteins {{Pharma-stub