Posted on 04/13/2021 3:05:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An NHS clinical trial has found the £14 inhaler budesonide drug helped non-hospitalised over-50s recover from Covid-19 quicker
An NHS clinical trial has found the £14(USD$19.50) inhaler budesonide helped non-hospitalised over-50s cope with and recover from coronavirus.
Participants were also more likely to report a sustained recovery after 28 days - suggesting it cuts the risk of debilitating Long Covid.
It means the UK has discovered the world’s first cheap and readily available drug to work for patients to self-treat at home.
The findings come in the Government-funded PRINCIPLE clinical trial to quickly identify existing drugs against Covid-19.
Researchers said two puffs of the inhaler, twice a day, could now be used by anyone with symptoms.
NHS England said GPs should consider prescribing the drug immediately even before final clinical trial results are concluded.
National Medical Director Prof Stephen Powis said: “We are delighted to see these trial results for a medicine that could help people with COVID-19 recover more quickly at home instead of being admitted to hospital.
“While we await final trial results, GPs may wish to consider prescribing inhaled budesonide where there is a medical benefit to patients following a shared decision conversation.”
Chief Investigator Prof Richard Hobbs, of Oxford University, said: “For the first time we have high-quality evidence of an effective treatment that can be rolled out across the community for people who are at most risk of developing more severe illness from Covid-19.
“Unlike other proven treatments, budesonide is effective as a treatment at home and during the early stages of the illness.
“This is a significant milestone for this pandemic.”
Detailed analysis of 1,779 participants showed it cut recovery time by three days in patients at higher risk of more severe illness but who were treated in the community.
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
… Long Covid …Is that a legitimate medical term? or just more Newspeak?
Makes me wonder how many “covid deaths” were actually medical malpractice deaths.
3rd or 4th leading cause of death in the U.S.
The author is an uninformed idiot. Dr. Marek's protocol about a year ago wrote that this is a steroid-responsive disease in the middle stages. Budesonide has been examined and tested about that amount of time. The recent "COVID Home Care" document discusses budesonide.
Do you have a link to the COVID home care?
You damn straight it does.
I’ve been sent home a few times from the doctor or emergency room with an inhaler so I could breathe....
Worked...
Then again, I had the flu.
Page 17. Anti-inflammatory Agents - Corticosteroids (“steroids”): Oral and Nebulized.
These are started at STAGE II (Days 3-14) to reduce inflammation, the cause of added damage to the lungs and critical organs. Symptoms include worsening cough, difficulty breathing, chest heaviness/tightness or chest pain.
As inflammation damages the airways interfering with normal oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange, blood oxygen levels drop and people experience loss of focus, drowsiness, confusion, difficulty concentrating, low energy and severe fatigue.
The exaggerated Inflammation response in COVID further increases the risk of blood clots.
Prescription medicines and other support added now to Stage I medicines are:
* nebulized budesonide to help penetrate the lungs and reduce inflammation
* oral prednisone, methylprednisolone, dexamethasone
* colchicine – may also be added to reduce inflammation
* full strength adult aspirin 325 mg to reduce inflammation and risk of blood clots
See #8 above
Americas frontline doctors was recommending this months ago!! Last year even! Fauci lied people died
“It means the UK has discovered the world’s first cheap and readily available drug to work for patients to self-treat at home.”
complete hogwash; author is an ignorant moron ... it’s been known for months that budesonide was a very useful drug for covid ... it’s even part of the zelenko protocol and is one of the covid drugs available from insulinhub:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TaRDwXMhQHSMsgrs9TFBclHjPHerXMuB87DUXmcAvwg/edit
https://form.jotform.com/202321099620447
https://www.inhousepharmacy.vu
You can get budisonide inhalers without a prescription for $33. 2 for $54.50.
Budesonide inhalers now powder based here which locks a lot of people out. Need to bring back the cheaper, better metered one.
Already tested successfully in Australia.
We had a doctor in Midland Texas who was prescribing budenoside to his patients in March 2020. It is not new news that this inhaler helps people with covid.
Yeah, my son and wife have COVID and they are using Budesonide inhalers.
So when will the US FDA be banning this inhaler? /only partial sarcasm
Budesonide treatment has been known and used effectively in the US since March of 2020. Just like HCQ and Ivermectin combined with zinc, the media supresses this information so that the pandemic can proceed.
https://fortune.com/2020/07/24/budesonide-coronavirus-covid-richard-bartlett/
Pulmicort and Symbicort both have budesonide (I take Symbicort for asthma related issues).
Got it, take Symbacort every day
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