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Editor: Jamie Sheller
Profession: Trasylol Attorney

Category: Trasylol Discussion

Adverse drug reactions, especially those that are coupled with a major surgery, can be difficult to detect. The recent news that Trasylol may cause kidney failure, heart attacks, and strokes, has many patients wondering what to do next. There is a reported 106,000 deaths in the United States from adverse drug reactions each year.

One of the difficulties with drug injuries, in general, is that the injury either remains hidden for a long period of time (a slow-growing cancer or slowly-evolving liver damage, for example) or the injury is obvious but looks like an another condition and is difficult to trace back to the medication that caused it in the first place (for example a heart attack, which is obvious may be caused by a drug that was taken months before).

Too many times victims of drug injury first become aware of a possibility of a dangerous medication when they see a news report in the paper or on TV or the internet. They see a story about a drug they are taking producing harmful side-effects and recognize some of the same symptoms and for the first time are able to piece-together the fact that their drug and their injury are possibly linked.

As a patient it is important that you become your own advocate. You are also entitled to a copy of your medical records. Trasylol is used during open heart surgery to reduce blood loss. Ask your doctor before surgery what medications may be used and do your research. If you do suffer an adverse reaction after surgery, find out what medications were used to see if they are linked.