Monday, November 05, 2007

Lilly - prasugrel: problems, bleeding problems


Three quotes:


"When it comes to anti-clotting medications, there is no free lunch," said Deepak Bhatt, cardiologist and professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.


The TRITON trial , Bhatt writes, “may have spawned an antithrombotic version of Scylla and Charybdis for the clinician on a quest to suppress important ischemic events while trying to steer clear of major bleeding complications, including potentially fatal ones.”


"This is going to be a very troubling finding with the FDA," said Gordon Tomaselli, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine. "I suspect they'll need more trials to address this."

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