Four Patients Die in Xarelto Study of 1,000, Notes Rottenstein Law Group LLP
Rockville Centre, NY - September 8, 2014 - According to an article published on September 2 at medpagetoday.com, atrial fibrillation patients awaiting elective cardioversion who had their oral anticoagulant switched from warfarin to Xarelto “were half as likely to have a stroke or a heart attack during cardioversion.”*
The study was published The study—“Rivaroxaban vs. vitamin K antagonists for cardioversion in atrial fibrillation,” R. Cappato, et al.— was published online in the European Heart Journal.**
“The study mentions that four patients in the Xarelto group died—versus two patients in the ‘control’ group,” said Rochelle Rottenstein, principal of the Rottenstein Law Group, “which is supposedly a difference that is ‘not statistically significant.’ Two patients out of nearly 1,000 might be only a fraction of a percent, but even a fraction of a percent of the millions of patients who are prescribed Xarelto is still thousands of people.”
In 2013, the U.S. FDA received several hundred adverse event reports submitted by individuals who claimed to have a serious adverse side effect while taking Xarelto (rivaroxaban).** Data show that the number of persons being prescribed these blood thinning drugs is estimated at about 4 million for the year.** Anticoagulants (or “blood thinners”) are considered high-risk prescription drugs because they can cause excessive internal bleeding and other injuries in some patients.
Anyone needing more information about the potential dangers of Xarelto should visit the firm’s Xarelto page at rotlaw.com/xarelto. Representatives of the firm are available to answer any questions, and there is a confidential, no-cost claim evaluation form that can be filled out in order to determine if one has grounds to file a Xarelto lawsuit.
***ismp.org
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