Asthma drug may reduce risk of severe Covid if taken early – study
by Linda Geddes from Science | The Guardian on (#5E18D)
Inhaled budesonide could become first treatment in early stages of infection if study confirmed
A cheap and widely available asthma drug appears to significantly reduce the risk of people getting seriously ill with Covid-19, if it is taken within the first week of developing symptoms, research suggests.
If the results are confirmed by other ongoing studies, inhaled budesonide - which both stops people from getting worse and shortens the length of their illness - could become the first treatment in the early stages of infection.
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