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Trasylol®
Did you have open heart surgery? You probably never knew if you were administered Trasylol® during your surgery.
Trasylol® was used during open heart surgery to help prevent blood loss and the need for blood transfusion in patients who have an increased risk of excessive bleeding during and after the operation. Since the Bayer AG drug was brought to market in 1993, it has been used in one-third of all open heart surgeries in the US. However, studies have indicated that Trasylol® put such patients at a higher risk of death. In November 2007, Trasylol® was finally removed from the market after a portion of a Canadian clinical trial (BART) was halted because Trasylol® subjects were dying at a higher rate than others in the study.
A 60 Minutes interview with medical researcher Dr. Dennis Mangano, who conducted the largest ever Trasylol® study, revealed that patients treated with Trasylol® had twice the rate of kidney failure and an increased risk of heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes. Dr. Mangano stated that the FDA should have pulled Trasylol® from the market in January 2006, after the release of his study which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It did not and the drug stayed on the market until November 2007. According to Dr. Mangano 22,000 lives (1,000 per month) could have been saved if the drug had been removed from the market in January 2006.
UPDATE: On May 14, 2008, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc. notified the FDA that the company will begin removing the remaining Trasylol stock from the U.S. market, most of which is in warehouses and hospital or physician's stock. The FDA will work with Bayer to ensure a smooth and complete process. Read FDA announcement
The Trasylol® injury lawyers at our firm will work hard to help the families of Trasylol® victims receive the compensation they deserve for their tragic losses. If you or a loved one suffered kidney damage, heart attack or stroke after undergoing open heart surgery, or a loved one died after open heart surgery, contact us online or call our Trasylol lawyers at 1-850-444-9500 or toll free at 1-888-839-3775 to discuss your legal rights.
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