Still trying to figure out this forum thing... sorry about the double posts...<br><br style="font-weight: bold;"><font size="6"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">I emailed the authors of the above article and told him that there are 3 people that I know are using tranexamic acid successfully to stop hemoptysis so if he would like us to be part of his study let me know. Here's what he wrote back.</font><br><br><pre>Dear Mark,<br> <br>Very many thanks for your interest in our article, and for getting in touch.<br> <br>As you probably know, there is very little evidence to support the use of<br>tranexamic acid in patients with CF. However many patients find tranexamic<br>acid useful. <br> <br>In the absence of a clinical trial to determine how effective tranexamic<br>acid is, we wanted start a discussion based on the experience of our patient. <br>The discussion at the Royal Society meeting (from which this article was born) <br>suggests that many patients appear to derive benefit. However in the absence <br>of evidence from a clinical trial, many doctors need to weigh up the benefit <br>over the cost/risks of such treatments.<br> <br>Many thanks once again, with best wishes,<br> <br>Matt Hurley<br> <br>Dr Matthew Hurley<br>Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow<br>Child Health<br>School of Clinical Sciences<br>E Floor East Block<br>Queens Medical Centre<br>Nottingham<br><br><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: arial;">My Comment:<br style="font-family: arial;"></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">---Unfortunately and fortunately TA is available in generic form so there is little financial motivation for big drug <br>companies to do a study on it to test it's</font><span style="font-family: arial;"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> effectiveness. So I imagine it will be left to the patients and <br>doctors</font><font size="4"><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> to use it or not use it. My hope is that someone pick up this drug to study and I would not<br>expect it to happen.</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-weight: bold;"><br></font></pre><br>