Epoetin theta
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Epoetin theta, sold under the brand name Biopoin among others, is a copy of the human hormone erythropoietin.[1][2]
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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 (sudden, dangerously high blood pressure), skin reactions, arthralgia (joint pain) and influenza (flu)-like illness.[1]Epoetin theta was approved for medical use in the European Union in October 2009.[1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[3]