Severely bleeding patients must receive lifesaving drug within minutes, not hours

(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Major bleeds must be treated with tranexamic acid (TXA) as fast as possible since deaths occur quickly and the drug's life-saving benefits diminish with each passing minute, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

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