User:Mr. Ibrahem/Aminocaproic acid

Aminocaproic acid, sold under the brand name Amicar among others, is a medication used to treat certain bleeding disorders. This may include bleeding due to fibrinolysis such as may occur following heart surgery, abruptio placentae, liver cirrhosis, and in cancer; bleeding within the eye; and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. It may be taken by mouth or injection into a vein.

Common side effects include nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness, fever, shortness of breath, headache, swelling, and itchiness. Other side effects may include muscle breakdown. It should generally not be used in people with bleeding from within the kidney. Safety in pregnancy is unclear. It is a form of carboxylic acid that decreases fibrinolysis.

Aminocaproic acid was approved for medical use in the United States in 1964. It is available as a generic medication. In the United States 15 pills of 500 mg costs about 44 USD as of 2022.