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COVID-19 drug remdesivir may prolong hospital stay, researchers claim: Study on veterans hospitalized with COVID-19 concluded that remdesivir was not associated with improved survival
Fox News ^ | 01/23/2022 | Alexandria Hein

Posted on 01/23/2022 11:19:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind

While several studies, including a final report from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have concluded that remdesivir in coronavirus patients can speed the recovery process, a new study published in JAMA says it may not shorten hospital stays for all.

The study, which focused on U.S. veterans who were hospitalized for COVID-19, concluded that remdesivir was not associated with improved survival, but was associated with longer hospital stays.

The drug was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in May 2020, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America and NIH currently recommend it for patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19. However, the drug’s effectiveness has been called into question previously after a World Health Organization (WHO) panel advised against using it.

The advisory came after the drug was shown to have "little or no effect" during the agency’s multi-country Solidarity Trial.

The new study, which used data from the Veterans Health Administration on 5,898 patients who were admitted across 123 hospitals, suggests that remdesivir may actually prolong hospital stay for some patients.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: chinavirustreatment; covid; covid19; remdesivir; survival; veterans
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I agree.


21 posted on 01/23/2022 1:10:31 PM PST by cableguymn
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To: entropy12

it was regeneron


22 posted on 01/23/2022 1:21:13 PM PST by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: chopperk

Get past the fact that she is pretty, she is just another Bush League Republican.


23 posted on 01/23/2022 1:31:15 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

Relax. The experiment isn’t over yet.


24 posted on 01/23/2022 2:55:21 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Remdesivir shortens hospital stays by killing patients.
You’re not going to stay in the hospital very long after your organs fail.


25 posted on 01/23/2022 3:41:27 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: joshua c; Pollard

He got monoclonal antibody infusion and Remdesivir.


26 posted on 01/23/2022 3:53:58 PM PST by FreedomForce
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To: SeekAndFind

Figures. Anything cooked up and pushed by that big nose lying lout Fauci is bound to be dangerous and nothing more than Fauci cash cow for the greedy ole bastard.


27 posted on 01/23/2022 4:03:16 PM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: entropy12

True. Trump took Regeneron.


28 posted on 01/23/2022 4:04:08 PM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Its a poison. Don’t take it. 🙄


29 posted on 01/23/2022 4:10:47 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: entropy12

You’re correct. President Trump got Remdesivir.and monoclonal antibody infusion. MAB is what he seemed to attribute his recovery to.


30 posted on 01/23/2022 4:17:42 PM PST by FreedomForce
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To: dforest

See post #30.


31 posted on 01/23/2022 5:59:16 PM PST by entropy12
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To: SeekAndFind

More money for the hospitals will prolong hospital stays says this study.


32 posted on 01/23/2022 6:03:55 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: cableguymn

Kill more people and payoffs.

I am having a sour day.


33 posted on 01/23/2022 7:10:27 PM PST by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: entropy12

Trump received Regeneron IIRC


34 posted on 01/23/2022 7:11:47 PM PST by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope all the drug names for this murderous kidney killer Fauci crap is on everyone’s tongues so they won’t take it without knowing it’s origin and danger.


35 posted on 01/23/2022 7:12:33 PM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: Chickensoup

along with remdesivir . He received both.


36 posted on 01/23/2022 8:13:03 PM PST by entropy12
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