Sir, with new medications being constantly licensed and prescribed for patients, I was delighted to read the paper on dabigatran (BDJ 2014; 217: 623–626). The post-operative measures to minimise the risk of haemorrhage for these patients following routine extractions in general dental practice are logical. However, I would like to highlight to readers that tranexamic acid is not part of the Dental Practitioners' Formulary and patients would require a private prescription from general dental practitioners.

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