In the recent decade a push for dietary health has seen a big increase in importance as the obesity rate has increased tremendously over the entire world. Whether it is because our fast pace world promotes fast eating, our society has expanded its waste line tremendously. Therefore a big heath kick was started and promoted through out all aspects of society. Whether it was a push in after school activities and gym memberships to having fast-food chains adopt a healthy menu people have realized that they need to change their lifestyle. The United States is the most obese country in the world, which is directly contributing to our declining healthcare. Open heart surgery is the most common surgery in the United States. This is because we clog our arteries with junk food making it impossible for the flow of oxygen and blood to get to our hearts. All of our bad eating habits have finally caught up with us and are not only clogging out arteries but taking our lives as well. The risks of undergoing open heart surgery are obviously great, yet they still have a pretty high survival rate. This risk however is coming back in a different way, and is taking the lives of many people.



People who have undergone open heart surgery in recent years have fallen victim to the drug Trasylol. Trasylol, manufactured by Bayer Pharmaceuticals was a very common drug used in open heart surgeries that has been linked to causing kidney complications and failure resulting in death. During an open heart surgery the chest is open in which the blood needs to be controlled for the surgeon to be able to operate. Trasylol is a drug that helps regulate the amount of blood surrounding the heart. During the early years of Trasylol, people started developing kidney complications after their open heart surgery. Bayer did their own private study on the effects of Trasylol, and they came up with devastating findings. They found that Trasylol was the cause for causing kidney complications and failure resulting in death. Yet Bayer chose to not release their findings even keeping the FDA out in the dark.

An individual practitioner did his own study on the effects of Trasylol and found exactly what Bayer did. When the FDA found out about the study they immediately recalled the drug and ordered all Trasylol products to be taken off the market. The sad part is that Trasylol was recalled over two years after Bayer had first found out about the negative side effects. It turns out that Bayer could have saved the lives of over 20,000 people if it had just released the study. Anyone who has recently undergone open heart surgery that is now seeing kidney complications should seek medical treatment immediately. For these patients who underwent open heart surgery could have been administered Trasylol without even knowing it. If you have already suffered kidney complications, contact a Trasylol lawyer for you may be able to collect damages. Bayer pharmaceuticals made many unethical decisions in which they are liable for.