Antifibrinolytic therapy (tranexamic acid or epsilon aminocaproic acid) vs NSAIDs: Menstrual blood loss: improvement rates
Antifibrinolytics may leads to higher menstrual blood loss: improvement rates compared with NSAIDs (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antifibrinolytics vs NSAIDs Menstrual blood loss: improvement rates · women with heavy menstrual bleeding Antifibrinolytics may leads to higher menstrual blood loss: improvement rates compared with NSAIDs (low certainty). Antifibrinolytics for heavy menstrual bleeding (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.43 [1.18, 1.74] | 2 studies · 161 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antifibrinolytics for heavy menstrual bleeding 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.