Argatroban: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Argatroban is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Injectable
- Sold as
- Argatroban in 0.9% Sodium Chloride
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
Every argatroban product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Argatroban in 0.9% Sodium Chloride.
How long argatroban keeps
No argatroban label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Does argatroban expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labelsArgatroban and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for argatroban: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadBecause argatroban is poorly absorbed orally, it might not adversely affect a breastfeeding infant. However, no information is available on the use of argatroban during breastfeeding, so an alternate drug is preferred.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised July 15, 2023. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about argatroban
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 1,545 reports naming argatroban, and the FDA flagged 87% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- heparin-induced thrombocytopenia196 reports
- international normalised ratio increased113 reports
- activated partial thromboplastin time prolonged85 reports
- haemorrhage79 reports
- thrombocytopenia72 reports
- deep vein thrombosis70 reports
- pulmonary embolism70 reports
- coagulation time prolonged65 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean argatroban caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take argatroban with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run argatroban against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does argatroban come in?
Across the brands we track, argatroban is currently marketed as injectable, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic argatroban?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled argatroban product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Argatroban: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/argatroban
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- “Argatroban: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/argatroban.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for argatroban on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.