Concern Raised After Report Links Pradaxa to Multiple Deaths
November 4, 2011 – A recent report has linked multiple deaths to the anticoagulant dabigatran (Pradaxa). The German article says the deaths were caused by bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients after using the drug which it associated with having “deadly side effects.”
Boehringer Ingelheim, the drug’s manufacturer, responded to the report in a company statement acknowledging, “Serious bleeding events can and do occur, with all anticoagulants including Pradaxa.” Dabigatran, an oral direct thrombin inhibitor, is approved for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation in more than 50 countries, including the U.S. and Canada.
Fatalities have occurred in patients taking the blood-thinner Pradaxa. The anti-clotting pill, like other similar anti-clotting drugs, carries the risk of internal bleeding resulting in death. No exact number has been confirmed, but at least 50 bleeding deaths have been associated with the defective drug Pradaxa.
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