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In 2006 the serious problems with Trasylol kidney failure were brought to light in the first of what has been an increasing number of studies. On January 26, 2006, The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published an article that linked Trasylol with potentially fatal side effects including kidney failure. Following mounting evidence of the drug’s serious side effects, Trasylol was finally voluntarily recalled from the marketplace by Bayer on November 5, 2007.
Each year approximately one million patients undergo surgery following a heart attack. Prior to Trasylol being withdrawn from the marketplace, the majority of patients who were at increased risk of bleeding during surgery had the option of one of three antifibrinolytic drugs to limit blood loss: Trasylol (Aprotinin), Amicar (aminocaproic acid), or Cyklokapron (tranexamic acid).  These drugs work by inactivating an enzyme called plasmin so it stops from breaking down blood clots which helps prevent bleeding.
Trasylol affects the way in which blood clots. It is used during open heart surgery to help reduce excessive bleeding side effects. Trasylol is primarily administered during repeat coronary artery bypass surgery to prevent bleeding both during and after surgery. The drug has been in use for 13 years and millions of patients around the world have received it. One of the most serious complications for bypass surgery patients is excessive bleeding. Clotting medications such as Trasylol reduce the amount of blood transfusion needed during surgery. In 2006 The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published a study that reported Trasylol problems with an increased risk of developing heart failure, kidney damage, myocardial infarction, and stroke in bypass heart surgery patients.
Patients and families around the United States are filing Trasylol lawsuits based on the side effects of the drug.  Currently no Trasylol class action suits have been filed and claims are being filed individually. The lawsuits claim that the drug’s manufacturer, Bayer, was negligent in several different ways including strict liability, fraud, misrepresentation, deceptive trade practices and breach of express and implied warranties. Trasylol (Aprotinin) is a naturally occurring enzyme inhibitor obtained from bovine lung. The FDA approved Trasylol 1993 to help control bleeding in bypass heart surgery patients. Since its approval, Trasylol has been administered to around 4.3 million patients.
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If you are hurt during a work accident in Minnesota, there are four main categories of worker’s compensation benefits that you may be eligible for:

1. Minnesota Wage Loss Benefits

Minnesota wage loss benefits are the most wide-ranging and complicated benefits of the worker’s compensation system. 

If a worker is injured on the job and is prevented from working, they may be entitled to “Temporary Total Disability” (TTD) benefits.  Minnesota worker’s compensation laws do not define Temporary Total Disability.  However, case law has defined it as the inability to hold or find employment caused or substantially contributed to by the work-related injury.  These wage loss benefits pay the employee 2/3 of their average weekly wage subject to a maximum amount and a maximum time frame.

If the injured employee is able to work—but not in the same capacity and at a lower rate of pay—they may be eligible for “Temporary Partial Disability” (TPD) benefits.  This is defined as the reduction in earning capacity caused or substantially contributed to by the work-related injury.  For instance, this would apply to a laborer who made $15.00/hour before his injury, and after the injury could only perform “light duty” work for $9.00/hour.  Temporary Partial Disability Benefits are calculated based upon 2/3 of the difference between the employee’s average weekly wage on the date of the injury (plus statutory cost of living adjustments), and what the employee is actually able to earn in his or her partially disabled state.  This, like Temporary Total Disability benefits, is subject to statewide maximums. 

In some circumstances, the worker may be eligible for “Permanent Total Disability” (PTD) benefits.  The law in Minnesota has changed several times in defining Permanent Total Disability.  In addition, whether an employee’s condition is actually permanent often is contingent on the employee’s future improvement by vocational rehabilitation and retraining.  There are also separate benefits that will offset Permanent Total Disability benefits, including social security disability benefits, social security retirement benefits, state retirement benefits, PERA benefits, and police and firemen relief association benefits. 

If an employee suffers a workplace injury that results in death, the employee’s surviving dependents are entitled to dependency benefits.  The specific dependency benefit amount depends on several factors, including whether the employee is married and whether the employee has dependent children. 

2. Minnesota Medical Treatment Benefits

Medical benefits are one of the first claims sought under Minnesota worker’s compensation.  The law provides in detail the available medical benefits for injured workers.  Disputes often come up regarding the employee’s entitlement to those benefits, and whether the medical benefits are necessary.  Generally, in order for medical benefits to be compensated, they must be reasonable, necessary, and causally related to the workplace injury. 

3. Minnesota Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits

Vocational rehabilitation benefits are available in certain situations for injured workers. (“Physical” rehabilitation is considered medical treatment, and is referenced in “Medical Benefits” above.)  The goal of vocational rehabilitation is to restore the injured worker to an economic status as close as possible to that which the employee would have enjoyed without the work related disability.  Employees must meet certain criteria to be considered a “qualified employee” who is eligible for these benefits.  Generally, it means that the employee is permanently precluded from their usual occupation because of the work injury, has no reasonable expiation of a return to suitable, gainful employment with the employer, and that rehabilitation services can reasonably result in a return to suitable gainful employment. 

4. Minnesota Permanent Partial Disability Benefits

Permanent Partial Disability benefits are payable for the loss of use of an injured part of the body, or a permanent impairment due to a work-related injury.  The amount of these benefits depends on the rating assigned to the injured worker, which is decided based upon a schedule for different types of injuries.  It is also important to be aware that no compensation is awarded for pain and suffering in Minnesota worker’s compensation. 

For information,please visit http://www.injurygroup.com/