| Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, | | | | Something sound fishy? I think so. At around the |
| was a drug that was administered namely during | | | | same time, another studies were being done |
| heart surgeries to limit the amount of bleeding | | | | because people had started publicizing the |
| during the procedure. Trasylol was used in over | | | | negative side effects that came along with |
| 22,000 patients in which death or other serious | | | | Trasylol. These studies showed that Trasylol was |
| conditions occurred. There is a lot of controversy | | | | linked to kidney failure and death among people |
| over the Trasylol incidents because Bayer made | | | | who were administered the drug. |
| some shady moves that could have prompted it | | | | Another aspect to the Trasylol controversy is |
| to be taken off the market years before it finally | | | | that many people who received administering of |
| was. If Bayer would have told the truth, | | | | the drug had no idea that they were given it in |
| thousands of lives could have been spared. | | | | the first place. When receiving surgery, the |
| Trasylol attorneys are willing and ready to discuss | | | | patients normally have no idea what types of |
| patient's occurrences with the drug to lead to a | | | | drugs are used during the procedure, so why |
| path of justice | | | | would this case be any different. Even after the |
| The controversy sparked during a regular meeting | | | | negative side effects of Trasylol was publicized, |
| with the FDA when Bayer Pharmaceuticals did not | | | | people might have had no clue if they had been |
| give the results from a study that Bayer | | | | administered the drug. In late 2007, the FDA |
| conducted about its drug Trasylol. What the | | | | finally recalled Trasylol because the FDA finally got |
| hidden study revealed was that using Trasylol | | | | the study explaining the kidney damages that |
| caused an increased risk, by 50%, of having | | | | goes along with Trasylol. Over 20,00 deaths could |
| kidney failure as opposed to taking another | | | | have been saved if Bayer would have released |
| comparable drug to Trasylol. Bayer did not release | | | | their study that was conducted years before the |
| this information in the meeting to the FDA | | | | final recall. What type of society are we living in if |
| because they knew once this information was | | | | a company knowingly keeps information that |
| released; Trasylol would be taken off the Market. | | | | could help stop thousands of fatalities? |
| And that's exactly was should have happened | | | | After the announcement of Trasylol's recall in |
| because it was stealing the lives of many Trasylol | | | | 2007, personal injury lawyer's offices have been |
| should have been taken off the market years | | | | streaming with cases involving the recalled drug. If |
| before it actually was and those using it have paid | | | | either you or a loved one has experienced kidney |
| the price. | | | | complications that may have resulted in a fatality, |
| Another controversy about Trasylol is that it is | | | | contact a Trasylol attorney as soon as possible. |
| way more expensive that other comparable | | | | Bayer Pharmaceuticals had a duty of care to |
| drugs. When I mean way more expensive I mean | | | | provide a safe product to the public that would |
| that a one-time dose of Trasylol costs $1000, | | | | help slow down bleeding during surgery, however |
| where as other comparable drugs cost $50. | | | | we now know that this is not true. |