Under Government pressure, Bayer halted worldwide sales of its anti-bleeding drug Trasylol. A Canadian clinical study found that it could be linked to a higher risk for death than other drugs.

If you or someone close to you has received Trasylol (aprotinin injection) during heart surgery and then suffered from kidney problems (kidney failure), heart attacks, stroke, or other serious medical conditions, you are urged to contact the law offices of Audet & Partners at 800.965.1461 to speak to an attorney. The call is free, and there is no obligation. You may also email us below.

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The Food and Drug Administration recently issued a Public Health Advisory alerting doctors who perform heart bypass surgery and their patients that Trasylol (aprotinin injection), a drug used to prevent blood loss during surgery, has been linked in two scientific publications to higher risks of serious side effects including kidney problems, heart attacks and strokes in patients who undergo artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).

One study, made on more than 4374 patients undergoing heart bypass surgery, shows that Trasylol raises the risk of a heart failure by 55 per cent and doubles the chance of a stroke.

Another study concluded that Bayer's aprotinin, marketed under the brand name Trasylol, causes more than 11,000 patients worldwide to need kidney dialysis each year.

FDA thus advises health care providers to be aware of the following:

• Physicians who use Trasylol (aprotinin injection) should carefully monitor patients for the occurrence of toxicity, particularly to the kidneys, heart or central nervous system, and promptly report adverse event information to Bayer, the drug manufacturer, or through the FDA Medwatch program.
• Physicians should consider limiting Trasylol (aprotinin injection) use to those situations in which the clinical benefit of reduced blood loss is essential to medical management of the patient and outweighs the potential risks.
• FDA is working with the manufacturer to examine the safety and benefits of Trasylol (aprotinin injection) in light of the recent data and the evolving practice of medicine.
• Patients should discuss all major risks for heart bypass surgery with their healthcare providers. These include the risk of bleeding and the available ways to lessen that risk.

If you or someone close to you has received Trasylol (aprotinin injection) during heart surgery and then suffered from kidney problems (kidney failure), heart attacks, stroke, or other serious medical conditions, you are urged to contact the law offices of Audet & Partners at 800.965.1461 to speak to an attorney. The call is free, and there is no obligation. You may also email us below.

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If you think that you may have been harmed by Trasylol (aprotinin injection), you are strongly encouraged to contact us now. There is no charge and no obligation. If we take your case, there is no fee for our services unless we win your case or settle it in your favor.

On the other hand, if you fail to protect your legal rights now, you may lose the right to be compensated for your harm. (Persons seeking to preserve any potential legal claims should contact an attorney promptly, since all states have mandatory time periods in which lawsuits must be filed with the courts; otherwise, they may be forever barred.)

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