Trasylol Kidney Failure & Heart Damage

A recent observational study was published based on 69 leading cardiac centers around the world regarding Bayer's heart surgery drug Trasylol. Kidney failure, heart attack, and stroke are side effects associated with Trasylol heart surgery patients according to the study published by Mangano et al. in January 2006 in the New England Journal of Medicine

Iowa Trasylol Kidney Damage

What is the damage done by Trasylol (Aprotinin)? In January 2006, the New England Journal of Medicine reported some disturbing information about Trasylol use in a study of 4,400 heart patients:

• Trasylol increases the risk of heart attack 48 percent.
• Trasylol increases heart failure by 109 percent.
• Trasylol increases the danger of stroke by 181 percent.

In reaction to the study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory to medical professionals. The FDA advised doctors to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of Trasylol before administering it to a patient in an aprotinin injection.

Trasylol Kidney Failure Iowa

It is estimated that at least 10,000 patients may be unnecessarily on kidney dialysis today due to aprotinin use. Many Iowa heart surgery patients were given Trasylol to help control blood loss during open heart surgery, also referred to as coronary artery bypass surgery.

Iowa Kidney Failure Trasylol Side Effects

Heart surgery medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with Trasylol. Kidney failure is one of the main side effects of the drug. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.

• Inflammation of the vein that the medicine is injected into, associated with a blood clot in that area (local thrombophlebitis)
• Allergic reactions (rare when given for the first time, but more likely if given again within six months of previous administration)
• Blood clot formation
• Heart attack
• Heart failure
• Abnormal heart beat
• Abnormal kidney function
• Kidney failure