NEWS: February 19, 2008 Bayer Drug Trasylol.

60 Minutes does show on Bayer Drug Trasylol.

A renowned medical researcher estimates that 22,000 patients could have been saved if the Food and Drug Administration removed the heart surgery drug Trasylol two years ago. In a scathing documentary the television show 60 Minutes tells of one researcher’s findings on the Bayer drug Trasylol.

Featured in the TV show is San Francisco medical researcher, Dr. Dennis Mangano who studied the drug use in 5,065 patients in 17 countries. His studies indicated that patients that were given Trasylol had a greater risk for renal (kidney) failure and other complications.

“It showed an important association between Trasylol use and kidney failure requiring dialysis, Mangano tells Pelley, “And it showed a trend toward increased death in hospital in these patients.”

The story goes on to illustrate that Bayer had known the drug was unsafe and did not halt sales. The story also talks about the current role the FDA has in testing these drugs. For more information on Trasylol visit this site: http://www.resource4trasylolinfo.com/