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Trasylol (Aprotinin) Dangerous Drug Lawsuits - Colorado Lawyers

8 Mar, 2008  No Comment

In November 2007 Bayer AG suspended worldwide sales of Trasylol, a clotting drug using during heart surgery to prevent bleeding, on Monday following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove the drug from the American market for safety reasons.

Read the US World and News Report Here

“In addition, in February 2007, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found patients on the drug were at greater risk of dying over the next five years than those given two other medications. The same researchers had linked the drug to an increased risk of kidney failure, heart failure and stroke in a study published in 2006.”

“Our present findings deal with death,” one of the JAMA study’s authors, Dr. Dennis T. Mangano, said at the time. Mangano, director of the Ischemia Research and Education Foundation, a California-based nonprofit group, said that “the death rate for aprotinin patients far outstrips that for the other two drugs.”

In interviews with CBS 60 Minutes, Researchers expressed the opinion that had the drug been pulled fromt the market earlier, over 22,000 deaths could have been avoided.

See the 60 Minutes News Report Here

Patients who were given the blood clotting agent Trasylol during heart bypass, heart valve replacement, or other cardiac procedures were deemed by the FDA more likely to die from complications than patients who were given similar, competing drugs.  The maker of Trasylol, Bayer AG, suspended sales of the drug that more than 4.5 million people had been administered worldwide.  Nearly one third of the users were in the United States during the 14 years that it was available in the US market. 

Trasylol was found to contribute to:

• Strokes
• Kidney failure
• Heart attacks
• Heart failure
• Death

If you or a family member have suffered adverse side effects after using Trasylol, you may be eligible to file a claim. Beth Klein has years of experience successfully representing clients in personal injury cases involving dangerous and defective prescription drugs.  More about your rights here.

Serious Head Injuries Prompt Recall of Bumbo Baby Sitter Seats

25 Oct, 2007  No Comment

Today the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Bumbo “Baby Sitter” Seats manufactured by Bumbo International, of South Africa.  ”If the seat is placed on a table, countertop, chair, or other elevated surface, young children can arch their backs, flip out of the Bumbo seat, and fall onto the floor, posing a risk of serious head injuries.”  The CPSC has received 28 reports of young children falling out of the Bumbo Baby Sitter seat, including three skull fractures, which occurred when children fell out of chairs that had been placed on tables. These seats were sold at Target, Wal-Mart, Sears, Toys R Us, Babies R Us, USA Babies and various other toy and children’s stores nationwide, and various online sellers, from August 2003 through October 2007.You can see more information about this defective product at www.bumbosafety.com

Tile Perfect Stand ‘N Seal Personal Injury Warning

9 Oct, 2007  No Comment

Stand ’n Seal, a do-it-yourself product sold atHome Depot has caused serious lung damage in consumers who used the product.  The New York Times reports that this product recalled in 2005 has stayed on the shelves at Home Depot.  in August 2005 a voluntary recall of 300,000 cans of Stand ‘n Seal was announced.  At that time the Rocky Mountain Poison Center said it had received reports of nearly 60 cases of people having health problems after using a spray-on tile sealant purchased at Home Depot.  The product, “Tile Perfect, Stand ‘N Seal,” is made by Roanoke Companies now known as BRTT.  It was a product designed to make tiling easier. 

Stand n Seal is associated with several life-threatening conditions, including Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS), chemical pneumonitis, and obliterated bronchitis.

Aside from the serious problems with the chemical composition of Stand n Seal, the grout sealer also was defective as manufactured because the product did not have a pungent odor to signal the spray was toxic. Instead, the product had a sweet, citrus smell, causing users to unknowingly expose themselves to toxic amounts of the dangerous grout sealer.

Cans of the product were not included in the recall until March 2007.  If you have any cans of Stand ’N Seal, compare them with the recall information listed here and return the cans to Home Depot. 

 The product is marketed under the brand name of Tile Perfect™ Stand’n Seal “Spray-On” Grout Sealer. The date/lot codes are printed on the bottom of the can. All cans with date/lot codes starting with the following six digits are included in the recall: A20985; A30985; A10995; A20995; A30995; A11015; A21015; A31015; A11025; A21445; A31445; A11455; A21455; A31455; A11465; A21465. Units with other date/lot codes have been reformulated and are not subject to this recall.

If you, a family member or a friend have been injured by Tile Perfect Stand’n Seal and you need additional, personal information contact one of our Colorado Personal Injury lawyers.

Crib Recall Alert

21 Sep, 2007  No Comment

WASHINGTON — About 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs are being recalled after three children became entrapped in their cribs and died of suffocation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said today.Two infants, a 6-month-old and a 9-month-old, died in the recalled cribs, which were sold through May 2007. A 1-year-old child died in a newer model of the cribs, which has not been recalled but is being investigated by the safety agency, CPSC officials said.

CPSC spokesman Ed Kang would not comment on when or where the children died.

Simplicity spokesman Joe Householder said the company will not release further details about the deaths out of respect for the families.

In all three deaths, the consumer had installed the drop-rail side of the crib upside down, the CPSC said. This creates a gap in the crib that children can slide into and suffocate.

Seven other infants have been entrapped in the cribs, according to the CPSC. There have been 55 reports of the cribs’ drop sides detaching or the hardware failing to hold the side to the crib.

Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa., is listed as manufacturer of all the cribs, which were made in China. The recalled cribs were sold nationwide, under the Simplicity or Graco brands, from January 1998 through May 2007. The recall involves multiple models and models numbers.

None of the cribs that Simplicity currently supplies to stores is included in the recall, the company said in a statement.

But CPSC is telling consumers who have the newer versions not covered by the recall to check to make sure the drop side is installed right side up and securely attached

Magnetix Defective Toy Injuries Lead to Expanded Recall

22 Aug, 2007  No Comment