Another wrote: "Perimenopausal bleeding happening now in South Bend.
Symptomatic bleeding happened in one patient in the predilution group and in four patients in the post-dilution one (P < 0.05, highly significant).
The bleeding that occurs when you take the placebo pills is not the same as the bleeding that happens when you menstruate.
One reason seems to be that the scalp contains lots of blood vessels that sit particularly close to the surface of the skin – as evidenced by the copious bleeding that happens when you cut your head.
And this bleeding that happens unexpectedly and lasts for weeks also becomes bothersome.
It is not known if there is any biological significant difference between bleeding that happens slightly delayed or immediately and yet one gives a score of 2 and the other 3.
The more serious side effects -- seizures or a drop in the platelet count that could lead to bleeding -- happen in 1 in 3000 and 1 in 30,000 doses respectively.
Intraoperative treatment with low dose tranexamic acid could also be considered in other settings of urological surgery where major perioperative bleeding could happen, such as cystectomy, nephrectomy, and renal cancer tumorectomy.
"For mothers giving birth, postpartum haemorrhaging, or bleeding post-delivery, happens quite often.
"Kiss Me, Kate" proudly advertises its lack of fidelity by offering a play within a play, the backstage drama emanating from and sometimes bleeding into what happens before the footlights.
But until that U-turn happens, the bleeding — which is making our economy weaker now, and undermining its future at the same time — will continue.
