Article 54NW5 Common Steroid Drug Shows Lifesaving Results In Large Coronavirus Trial

Common Steroid Drug Shows Lifesaving Results In Large Coronavirus Trial

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Ed Cara
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A widely used and cheap steroid treatment appears to be the first to show a definitive lifesaving benefit for people with severe covid-19. In a large clinical trial funded by the UK government and others, the drug dexamethasone was found to reduce the odds of death in patients who needed a ventilator to breathe by a...

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