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Trasylol (surgery drug) may increase death risk, another study finds

Trasylol is a drug that is used to control bleeding in patients going through cardiac surgical procedure, but a new study is doubtful about the safety...

 

Trasylol is a drug that is used to control bleeding in patients going through cardiac surgical procedure, but a new study is doubtful about the safety of that drug.

In 2007, Trastoyl was removed from the market in the US, as it was the subject of controversy there.

In their study, researchers from Australia and Canada reviewed data received from 48 clinical trials. The researchers found that the patients who were given Trasylol had a higher death risk than the patients who were given other anti-bleeding drugs known as lysine analogues.

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