Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an inexpensive, easily used and relatively safe drug. It inhibits plasminogen activation and plasmin thus retards clot disintegration.Therapeutic application of tranexamic acid in trauma for preventing blood loss has been documented since long. Since blood loss causes several serious complications, it is compensated emergently by transfusion of blood or its products. However, transfusion of blood and products always carries a risk of inadvertent transmission of infection, antigen-antibody reactions and additional cost all of which can be prevented if blood loss is reduced. Morbidity associated with the delay in compensating the blood loss could also be prevented by pharmaceutically preventing hemorrhage.