Aprotinin Heart Damage

What is the damage done by Trasylol (Aprotinin)? In January 2006, the New England Journal of Medicine reported some disturbing information about Trasylol use in a study of 4,400 heart patients:

* Trasylol increases the risk of heart attack 48 percent.
* Trasylol increases heart failure by 109 percent.
* Trasylol increases the danger of stroke by 181 percent.

In reaction to the study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory to medical professionals. The FDA advised doctors to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of Trasylol before administering it to a patient in an aprotinin injection.

Trasylol Kidney Failure and Stroke

Medicines and their possible side effects can affect individual people in different ways. The following are some of the side effects that are known to be associated with Trasylol. Because a side effect is stated here, it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect.

* Inflammation of the vein that the medicine is injected into, associated with a blood clot in that area (local thrombophlebitis)

* Allergic reactions (rare when given for the first time, but more likely if given again within six months of previous administration)

* Blood clot formation

* Heart attack

* Heart failure

* Abnormal heart beat

* Abnormal kidney function

* Kidney failure