Because of its chemical instability (metabolic half-life of one to two minutes), epoprostenol sodium is supplied as a powder with a sterile diluent and must be reconstituted by the patient and ...

They were given long term intravenous prostaglandin treatment (either epoprostenol (n = 61) or iloprost (n = 13)) or conventional treatment with oral anticoagulants (n = 24) with or without calcium ...