Submission + - Cheap Drug To Reduce Trauma Mortality By 10% (webmd.com)
Kilrah_il writes: Uncontrolled bleeding is one of the leading causes of death following trauma. Tranexemic Acid (TXA), an old drug used by dentists for years to stop bleeding from gums and following tooth extraction, has been found in a new study to lower mortality rates in trauma victims by 10%: "Researchers carried out a trial involving more than 20,000 adult patients in 274 hospitals across 40 countries...
The researchers studied the numbers of deaths in hospitals within four weeks of injury. They discovered that TXA reduced the risk of death by any cause by 10% compared with those who received the placebo; 14.5% of patients in the TXA group died compared with 16% in the placebo group."
Since TXA is not encoumbered by patents, it could prove a cheap treatment to lower death rates from trauma, especially in developing countries.
The researchers studied the numbers of deaths in hospitals within four weeks of injury. They discovered that TXA reduced the risk of death by any cause by 10% compared with those who received the placebo; 14.5% of patients in the TXA group died compared with 16% in the placebo group."
Since TXA is not encoumbered by patents, it could prove a cheap treatment to lower death rates from trauma, especially in developing countries.