Abstract
Since the beginning of the current coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak,
an intense number of studies have been done in an attempt to discover
effective therapies, not only from the point of view of discovering new
drugs, but also from its repurposing. Recent studies have proposed
tranexamic acid (TXA), a hemostatic drug widely used in clinical
practice, as a potential therapeutic option for COVID-19 as it reduces
plasmin levels. Thus, this letter to the editor aims to provide a
critical overview on the use of TXA in the treatment of the severe acute
respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.