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Common Drug Used During Heart Surgery is Dangerous - Aprotinin / Trasylol Injection Causes Kidney Failure, Heart Attacks and Stokes
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Trasylol - Aprotinin Heart Injection A commonly used drug during heart surgery could cause serious complications including kidney damage, an increased risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke. The drug called Aprotinin (the brand name is Trasylol), is used to control bleeding on as many as 1 million heart and bypass surgery patients per year.

Aprotinin doubles the risk of kidney damage but also increases the risk of heart attack by 48%. Heart failure risk is also increased by 109% and stroke by 181%.

Trasylol costs at least 10 times more than aminocaproic acid and tranexamic acid, the researchers said. While Trasylol and the two generic products limited bleeding, aminocaproic acid and tranexamic acid aren't linked to kidney, heart or brain damage, they said.

The research is reported in this issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). According to that report �the observed association between aprotinin and serious end-organ damage indicates that continued use is not prudent, whereas the less expensive generic medications.�

If you or a loved one have suffered from the serious side effects of Aprotinin injections, including heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure, you should contact an experienced Trasylol lawyer to discuss your legal rights.

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TRASYLOL / APROTININ NEWS & LAWYER UPDATES

Costly bypass medication may raise death risk later
USA TODAY - Feb 7, 2007
Trasylol given to coronary artery bypass surgery patients to prevent excessive bleeding is linked to an increased risk of dying as long as five years after the operation. ...

Health risks are linked to drug for heart surgery
WTOP, D.C. - Jan 27, 2006
The report says other medicines are safer and cheaper, and should be used instead. The drug is aprotinin, made by Bayer and sold under the brand name Trasylol. ...

Blood-clotting drug bad for kidneys: Study
Toronto Star, Canada - Jan 26, 2006
The drug aprotinin � marketed under the brand name Trasylol � is the second clotting drug in two weeks linked to serious effects. ...

Drug Often Used in Heart Surgeries May Harm Kidneys
Daily News Central, NV - Jan 26, 2006
... Aprotinin, sold as Trasylol, has been widely studied since it was approved in 1993, but most of the research has focused on its effectiveness. ...

Bayer blood clot drug Trasylol associated with increased health risks - study
Forbes - 1/26/06
... Bayer AG's blood clot drug Trasylol (Aprotinin) has been associated with increased risk of kidney failure, of higher stroke risk and encephalopathy -- any degenerative disease of the brain -- in cardiac surgery, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

UPDATE 2-Bayer falls on negative Trasylol study results
Reuters - 1/26/2006
... Shares in German drugs and chemicals group Bayer (BAYG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) fell more than 3 percent on Thursday after a study showed that its Trasylol drug doubled the risk of kidney failure.

Bayer's Trasylol Clotting Drug Boosts Heart Risk, Study Says
Bloomberg - 1/25/2006
... Bayer AG's Trasylol, used in more than 60 countries to control bleeding after surgery, doubles a patient's likelihood of developing kidney failure and increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, researchers said.

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