It was a brisk September morning, while Frank was making breakfast for his family while trying to get his kids ready for the first day of school. Frank flipped the pancakes while the kids got their backpacks and lunch boxes together. Frank kissed his children goodbye as they ran off to catch the bus at the end of the street. Little did Frank know that this was the last time he was going to see his kids. For Frank has been having pains in his abdomen for the past couple of months, but he just thought it was side effects from his heart surgery that took place almost a year ago. As Frank’s wife was cleaning up after breakfast, she saw Frank out of the corner of her eye fall to the floor. She rushed Frank to the hospital with panic in her heart. However, it turned out that it was too late for Frank, for his Kidneys had failed him. Frank’s family was in shock for Frank has never experienced any complications from his Kidney’s before. This Tragedy of Frank and his family, has happened to over 20,000 patients in the last couple of years. If Frank’s incident sounds like something you or a loved one has witnesses, contact a Trasylol attorney. What Frank and 20,000 other victims had in common is that they had all underwent surgery in which they were all administered the drug Trasylol. Trasylol was a common drug used in heart surgeries to control the amount of bleeding during the surgery. In heart surgeries the chest is commonly open in which surgeons need a clear path to be able to work on the heart. Therefore there is a need to control the amount of bleeding so that the surgeon can perform the surgery to the best of their abilities. Trasylol was the most common type of drug used in heart surgeries in the 90’s causing for thousands of cases just like Frank’s to occur. Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, has been linked to cause kidney complications and failure resulting in death. The reason why Trasylol has caused so many deaths because there wasn’t any evidence that Trasylol produced these devastating effects. Doctors, medical professionals, and medical institutions alike had do idea that the drug they were administering in so many patients was causing this severe damage to their kidneys. However, Bayer Pharmaceuticals did know that Trasylol was causing these devastating effects and told on one. It turns out that Bayer knew about the deadly effects of Trasylol for over two years before the information was publicized, not even publicized by Bayer. An individual practitioner did their own testing, and found about the deadly side effects. Finally the FDA was notified and Trasylol was taken off the market. If you, like Frank and his family, has been affected by the devastating side effects from Trasylol, contact a Trasylol attorney as soon as possible. Trasylol attorneys specialize in cases that have cause harm to patients that were administered the drug. Trasylol attorneys have the experience and dedication in product liability and the medical industry that allows them to most efficiently access your case.
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