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Editor: Jamie Sheller
Profession: Trasylol Attorney

Category: Trasylol News

A health-care system in Duluth, Minnesota has banned all drug related freebies from their offices and buildings. That means no more pens or pads of paper labeled with names such as Trasylol, Vytornin, or Avandia. The SMDC Health System Administrators didn't want doctors influenced by the freebies.

"We're part of a leading trend that's trying to get away from the pharmaceutical companies essentially controlling what's prescribed in this country," said Dr. Kenneth Irons, chief of community clinics for SMDC. "This shows people we're not in the pharmaceutical companies' back pockets."

In all, SMDC employees have turned in more than 18,700 items, including clocks, mugs, surgical caps, calculators, tape dispensers, and a stress-relieving squeeze toy made to look like a red blood cell.

A hospital in Cameroon will be the recipient of all the collected items.

Trasylol, an anti-bleeding drug, was recalled in November after a Canadian study showed it increased the risk of death by 50%. Further studies are being conducted to test the results.