updated 5:19 p.m. ET, Tues., April. 8, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said more than 100 patients have died while taking the blood thinner heparin since early 2007.
The agency found that 62 deaths are associated with contaminated batches of the blood thinner, triple the previous estimate. That doesn't mean people are still dying — the latest deaths the FDA knows of occurred in February, the month Baxter International recalled contaminated batches.
But dozens of deaths weren't reported to the agency when they happened, only later after the tainted blood thinner made headlines.
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