[HSF] More Bad News About Trasylol

[prasannasimha]

My ire against drug and device companies - they think we are morons.
I think a better strategy is for them to admit that it does and can ATN 
and it is to be used with caution like any other drug matching risk 
versus benefit. Unfortunately these fellows (like Vioxx) market it like 
as if it is a panacea. I was stunned to find them marketing Rofecoxib to 
my dentist and they tried to market Valdecoxib in my cardiac institute 
as a postoperative pain killer !! These companies lose it when greed 
overtakes common sense and they try to over extend indications. 
Aprotinin in my opinion is a useful drug if used wisely and selectively. 
Using it every time is a recipe for disaster.
Prasanna
Hgrmd at aol.com wrote:
> Faisal,
>   The thing that is so annoying is that I've still been cornered in  the 
> surgeon's lounge by Bayer reps trying to convince me that aprotinin is a  safe 
> drug, ya da, ya da, ya da, and that the January NEJM study was flawed,  etc.  
> What they couldn't talk their way out of was the fact I had concluded  years ago 
> that aprotinin usage caused ATN.  This study just reinforced my  already 
> reached conclusion.
> Hal
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