Dexamethasone Improves Survival in Severe Covid-19 Patients, Study Finds

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A generic steroid drug is the first to show in a clinical trial it could improve the survival of severely ill coronavirus patients, University of Oxford researchers said

The treatment, dexamethasone, is the first drug to show in a clinical trial it could improve the survival of severely ill coronavirus patients, the researchers said.

 

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FraserNelson Very old news now!

So.. asthma therapy inhalers... duh...thats why we take them.

Check if Fauci has a piece of this drug’s economics - I’m betting he does...either directly or indirectly! One-third effective for those on ventilators; 1/5 on those not. Huhm...

Great to see UK scientists leading the way. MattHancock uksciencechief CMO_England NHSuk UniofOxford dexamethasone UKlifesciences jvt NHS jonathanvantam

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If everyone takes a few minutes a day to make their statistical data day by day, country by country with different sources, they will see that this pandemic grows every day algorithmically. Statistically it is more or less the same everywhere.

We need a drug that can stop our lungs from filling with fluid. That's what we need.

If dexamethasone works, prednisone would undoubtedly (albeit weaker potency) at even higher availability! Side effects of both are MAINLY from long term use - which clearly wouldn’t be necessary vs Covid_19 All this is great news!

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