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This page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of AprotininRecent news articles mentioning Aprotinin

Costly bypass medication may raise death risk later  -  Feb 20, 2007
Asbury Park Press, More than 4 million patients worldwide have received aprotinin, sold as Trasylol, since 1985, the scientists write in the Journal of the American Medical

Aprotinin May Lead to Fatal Blood Clots  -  Feb 13, 2007
KTEN, One such drug, aprotinin, may lead to fatal blood clots in CABG patients, that's according to a new study in the journal of the American Medical Association

CABG patients on Aprotinin more likely to die  -  Feb 7, 2007
Food Consumer, Those who underwent cardiac surgery and took aprotinin, an anti-bleeding drug are at a significantly higher risk of death compared to those who received the

Lakeland, Haven Hospitals Don't Use Anti-Bleeding Drug Aprotinin  -  Feb 9, 2007
The Ledger, Aprotinin, also called Trasylol, is one of several drugs that can be used to prevent excessive bleeding during open-heart surgery.

Aprotinin use associated with an increased risk of death following ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
News-Medical.net, Aprotinin, a drug used for limiting blood loss in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, is associated with an increased risk of death during five years

Aprotinin increases long-term mortality in new analysis  -  Feb 6, 2007
TheHeart.Org, San Bruno, CA - Concerns over the safety of aprotinin (Trasylol, Bayer) will be fueled by a new analysis published this week suggesting that the drug,

Aprotinin—Are There Lessons Learned?  -  Feb 6, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), This past year has been a complicated one for aprotinin, an antifibrinolytic serine protease inhibitor used to lessen bleeding in patients undergoing

Aprotinin, drug used in cardiac surgery, heightens death risk: study  -  Feb 6, 2007
France24, According to a new study published in the February 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the drug, aprotinin, was used on more than

Study raises concerns about heart surgery drug  -  Feb 13, 2007
Sauk Valley Newspapers, The researchers said replacing the drug - aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol - with other, cheaper medications for a year would

Bayer Discontinues Trasylol® (Aprotinin Injection) Clinical Trial ...  -  Jan 25, 2007
DG News 2007 -- Bayer HealthCare has decided to end three ongoing clinical studies investigating the safety and efficacy of Trasylol® (aprotinin injection) on

Cardiac surgeons unfazed by drug findings  -  Feb 17, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release), A ten-year study recently found that 3876 patients from 16 countries who use aprotinin, sold under the brand name Trasylol by Bayer AG, while undergoing

Bypass Drug Linked To Spike In Deaths  -  Feb 7, 2007
CBS News, ...(WebMD) A new study questions the continued use of the drug aprotinin, commonly used to limit blood loss during some types of cardiac surgery, due to safety

Bayer’s Heart-Surgery Drug Increases Risk of Death  -  Feb 7, 2007
Newsinferno.com, Bayer’s controversial heart-surgery drug aprotinin, marketed as Trasylol, is under fire yet again thanks to a new study that found that the drug carries

Drug Used in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery May Increase ...  -  Feb 7, 2007
DG News Aprotinin was first approved for use in high-risk patients needing coronary artery surgery in the United States in 1993. As background information in the

Heart Surgery Drug May Boost Death Risk  -  Feb 6, 2007
Forbes, 6 (HealthDay News) -- Patients given aprotinin, a drug used to limit blood loss in heart bypass surgery, are at greater risk of dying over the next five

Study: heart surgery drug increases death risk  -  Feb 7, 2007
Xinhua, 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A recent international study has found aprotinin -- a drug sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol -- used to avoid excessive

Heart Surgery Drug Linked To Death Risk  -  Feb 7, 2007
Today's THV, The researchers said replacing the drug, aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol, with other, cheaper medications for a year would prevent

Drug Used in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery May Increase ...  -  Feb 6, 2007
Newswise (press release) Newswise — Aprotinin, a drug used for limiting blood loss in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, is associated with an increased risk of death during five

Heart surgery drug may turn deadly: study  -  Feb 6, 2007
Globe and Mail, The researchers said replacing the drug — aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol — with other, cheaper medications for a year would

Heart Surgery Drug Linked to Death Risk  -  Feb 6, 2007
Salon The researchers said replacing the drug -- aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol -- with other, cheaper medications for a year would

Heart Surgery Drug Linked to Death Risk  -  Feb 6, 2007
CBS News, The researchers said replacing the drug _ aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol _ with other, cheaper medications for a year would

Safety of Heart-Surgery Drug Questioned  -  Feb 6, 2007
Forbes, The FDA is already reviewing aprotinin's safety. The new study is an important contribution to that review, which could result in additional warnings,

Surgery drug risky, study says  -  Feb 6, 2007
Northwest Herald, The researchers said replacing the drug – aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol – with other, cheaper medications for a year would

Heart surgery drug linked to death risk  -  Feb 6, 2007
Denver Post, The researchers said replacing the drug—aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol—with other, cheaper medications for a year would prevent

Anti-bleeding Drug Increases Death Risk Following Heart Surgery  -  Feb 7, 2007
Medical News Today, A US study raises fresh concerns about the anti-bleeding drug aprotinin which is presecribed to patients following cardiac surgery.

Heart surgery drug linked to death risk  -  Feb 7, 2007
Meadow Free Press, The FDA is already reviewing aprotinin‘s safety. The new study is an important contribution to that review, which could result in additional warnings,

Concerns raised on bleeding drug  -  Feb 7, 2007
Boston Globe, The researchers said replacing the drug -- aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol -- with other, less expensive medications for a year

Surgery drug worries doctors  -  Feb 7, 2007
Miami Herald, A study said that the heart-surgery drug aprotinin, also called Trasylol, apparently increases the risk of dying by almost 50 percent in the five years

Drug increases risk, study says  -  Feb 6, 2007
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription), The researchers said that replacing the drug - aprotinin, sold by Bayer AG under the brand name Trasylol - with other, cheaper medications for a year would

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