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