Epoetin theta
# Epoetin theta

Epoetin theta, sold under the brand name Biopoin among others, is a copy of the human hormone erythropoietin.

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.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.

## Medical uses

Epoetin theta is indicated for the treatment of symptomatic anemia in adults.

