You May be Eligible to File a Trasylol Legal Case

Trasylol is a drug that has recently been taken off the market after it was found to have caused more than 20,000 deaths since it was brought to market in 1993. Trasylol , also known as Aprotonin, was used in thousands of surgeries during the past 10 years. The surgeries that it was most commonly used in were heart surgeries, specifically Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Trasylol was used my hospitals all over the country to decrease the amount of blood loss during surgery, and therefore lower the amount of blood the patient needs to receive through blood transfusions. Bayer Pharmaceuticals, the makers of Trasylol, were said to have known about this fatal drug and instead of notifying the public and the FDA hid their findings.

As a result of this deceitful act by Trasylol, thousands of people died as the drug was used in more than one third of open heart surgeries in the United States. Bayer Pharmaceuticals hid their study results from the FDA after their studies proved the severity of the effects of this drug. The most common side effects of Trasylol were serious kidney damage which often resulted in failure, congestive heart failure, renal disease, and even stroke. If you have suffered at the hands of Bayer Pharmaceutical as a result of the dangerous drug Trasylol you may be able to file a Trasylol legal case.

In order to find out if you are eligible to file a Trasylol legal case against Bayer Pharmaceuticals there are a few things that you must be able to prove. The first is that you have to be administered Trasylol during surgery anytime since it was brought to market in 1993. This will help your attorney get the exact details about your case, it is a huge help if you have doctors records about the circumstances following the surgery, because written proof from doctors can be very beneficial in making you eligible to file a Trasylol legal case. You also have to be able to prove that you or a loved one has suffered as a result of the Trasylol . This again can be obtained easily through doctor’s records and records of your surgery. Many people don’t know about the thousands of lives that have been affected by this drug, and may not even know that Trasylol could have been what caused their loved ones death. Besides death, Trasylol has been known to cause patients to go into kidney failure that is so severe that they have to remain on dialysis for the rest of their lives. Don’t sit there and allow you or a loved one to suffer, a Trasylol legal case can help you pay doctors bills that were caused at the hands of this pharmaceutical giant.