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Info needed on drug used during open heart surgery--pronounced something like trace-i-nol.?
There is evidentally a class-action suit concerning this drug. Just caught a bit of the commercial on tv. Said if one had open heart surgery & later had a heart attack, etc. I want more information before considering this option.
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- Go to this website: http://www.brownandcrouppen.com/ If you can't find the info you're looking for, then just email them and they'll let you know about the medication.
- Trasylol (aprotinin injection) is a drug used to prevent blood loss during surgery. Trasylol 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. Trasylol is the only product approved by FDA for the prevention of peri-operative blood loss and the need for blood transfusion among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The drug aids the body's ability to stop bleeding and is used to lessen the bleeding risk during this surgical procedure. This surgery is done to bypass clogged arteries. The Food and Drug Administration has issued a Public Health Advisory alerting doctors who perform heart bypass surgery, and their patients, that Trasylol has been linked to kidney problems, heart attacks and strokes. Click these below links for more interesting article information that have been found regarding this drug: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20070206/bypass-drug-linked-increased-deaths http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR602397
