https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53061281
Do you think this drug will be better than HQ?
Dexamethasone reduces death in ventilated patient by one third, but it is not beneficial to those COVID-19 patients who do not need respiratory support.
https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/369/bmj.m2422.full.pdf
The Jury is still out on this steroid--have a look at the link:
https://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/what-is-dexamethasone-6462047/
In the news in Finland they announced yesterday that this is helpful against COVID-19.
Covid-19 is a mild self-limiting illness that does not require any treatment in the vast majority of cases.
Current evidence based medicine is based on the presumption of significance when P
Considering that no other medication has shown efficacy, this is excellent news.
The initial clinical trial results from the United Kingdom (UK) show dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. For patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third, and for patients requiring only oxygen, mortality was cut by about one fifth, according to preliminary findings shared with WHO.
The benefit was only seen in patients seriously ill with COVID-19, and was not observed in patients with milder disease.
Dexamethasone reduces death in ventilated patient by one third, but it is not beneficial to those COVID-19 patients who do not need respiratory support.
https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/369/bmj.m2422.full.pdf
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