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mugwump · 12-21-2006, 15:47

Thanks for this, very interesting. This stuff is cheap, $15 per packet retail as compared with $170 for the HemCon hemostatic bandage. Both use chitosan to control bleeding but the Celox looks even better for penetrating wounds. For $30 retail you can add a packet of this stuff and an Israeli bandage to a first aid kit.

When I Googled "chitosan" I found a zillion hits for its use as a dietary supplement for weight loss ("fat magnet"). It doesn't work, apparently, but it looks like the price of bulk chitosan has been driven down by the fad.

Any discussion about Hemopure, the blood substitute the Navy is backing? Now that PolyHeme has fallen out of bed it looks like the only game in town. I think if they are going to get Hemopure off the ground they are going to have to sponsor their own clinical studies.

12-21-2006, 15:47	#3
mugwump Area Commander Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,403	Thanks for this, very interesting. This stuff is cheap, $15 per packet retail as compared with $170 for the HemCon hemostatic bandage. Both use chitosan to control bleeding but the Celox looks even better for penetrating wounds. For $30 retail you can add a packet of this stuff and an Israeli bandage to a first aid kit. When I Googled "chitosan" I found a zillion hits for its use as a dietary supplement for weight loss ("fat magnet"). It doesn't work, apparently, but it looks like the price of bulk chitosan has been driven down by the fad. Any discussion about Hemopure, the blood substitute the Navy is backing? Now that PolyHeme has fallen out of bed it looks like the only game in town. I think if they are going to get Hemopure off the ground they are going to have to sponsor their own clinical studies. __________________ mugwump “Klaatu barada nikto”
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