Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, was a drug that was administered namely during heart surgeries to limit the amount of bleeding during the procedure. Trasylol was used in over 22,000 patients in which death or other serious conditions occurred. There is a lot of controversy over the Trasylol incidents because Bayer made some shady moves that could have prompted it to be taken off the market years before it finally was. If Bayer would have told the truth, thousands of lives could have been spared. Trasylol attorneys are willing and ready to discuss patient’s occurrences with the drug to lead to a path of justice



The controversy sparked during a regular meeting with the FDA when Bayer Pharmaceuticals did not give the results from a study that Bayer conducted about its drug Trasylol. What the hidden study revealed was that using Trasylol caused an increased risk, by 50%, of having kidney failure as opposed to taking another comparable drug to Trasylol. Bayer did not release this information in the meeting to the FDA because they knew once this information was released; Trasylol would be taken off the Market. And that’s exactly was should have happened because it was stealing the lives of many Trasylol should have been taken off the market years before it actually was and those using it have paid the price.

Another controversy about Trasylol is that it is way more expensive that other comparable drugs. When I mean way more expensive I mean that a one-time dose of Trasylol costs $1000, where as other comparable drugs cost $50. Something sound fishy? I think so. At around the same time, another studies were being done because people had started publicizing the negative side effects that came along with Trasylol. These studies showed that Trasylol was linked to kidney failure and death among people who were administered the drug.

Another aspect to the Trasylol controversy is that many people who received administering of the drug had no idea that they were given it in the first place. When receiving surgery, the patients normally have no idea what types of drugs are used during the procedure, so why would this case be any different. Even after the negative side effects of Trasylol was publicized, people might have had no clue if they had been administered the drug. In late 2007, the FDA finally recalled Trasylol because the FDA finally got the study explaining the kidney damages that goes along with Trasylol. Over 20,00 deaths could have been saved if Bayer would have released their study that was conducted years before the final recall. What type of society are we living in if a company knowingly keeps information that could help stop thousands of fatalities?

After the announcement of Trasylol’s recall in 2007, personal injury lawyer’s offices have been streaming with cases involving the recalled drug. If either you or a loved one has experienced kidney complications that may have resulted in a fatality, contact a Trasylol attorney as soon as possible. Bayer Pharmaceuticals had a duty of care to provide a safe product to the public that would help slow down bleeding during surgery, however we now know that this is not true.