d'Oliveira & Associates Issues Infographic Providing Information on Side Effects of the Blood-Thinning Drug Pradaxa

New Infographic released by dOliveira & Associates details potential Side Effects, Company Reports, and Independent Medical Studies that surround the drug meant to prevent blood clots in patients.

(PRWEB) March 11, 2013

Sources:

*http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/DrugSafety/UCM231720.pdf

**us.boehringer-ingelheim.com/content/dam/internet/opu/us_EN/documents/Media_Press_Releases/2010/Pradaxa%20fact%20sheet%20101910.pdf

***http://www.adverseevents.com/monitor/2012/12/20/fda-states-pradaxa-contraindicated-in-patients-with-mechanical-heart-valves/

The FDA approved Pradaxa for sale on the market in October 2010 and in its first two years on the market, Pradaxa accounted for more than $1 billion in sales for the drug maker Boehrigner Ingelheim*. The drug was marketed as a better option than the traditional drug, Warfarin. However, medical studies have discovered that Pradaxa is actually more dangerous than Warfarin, for example, a study conducted by the Cleveland Clinic found that the drug increased a patients risk of heart attacks by 33 percent compared to other similar drugs as reported by CBS News article Study: Higher heart attack risk from pradaxa**. Additionally, excessive bleeding from Warfarin has an antidote, Vitamin K, but no such antidote exists for Pradaxa*. The number of side effects combined with the absence of an antidote has caused patients to file nearly 18,000 adverse event reports with the FDA*. According to Adverse Events, an organization that standardizes, the most common side effects were gastrointestingal bleeding (1668 reports), indigestion (928 reports), and unusual bleeding (875 reports)***.

Sources:

*http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/business/a-rising-anti-stroke-drug-is-tied-to-risk-of-bleeding-deaths.html

**http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500368_162-57356568/study-higher-heart-attack-risk-from-pradaxa/

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d'Oliveira & Associates Issues Infographic Providing Information on Side Effects of the Blood-Thinning Drug Pradaxa