Posted on 06/16/2020 7:01:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid, has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists hailed as a “major breakthrough”.
Results of trials announced on Tuesday showed dexamethasone, which is used to reduce inflammation in other diseases, reduced death rates by around a third among the most severely ill COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.
The results suggest the drug should immediately become standard care in patients with severe cases of the pandemic disease, said the researchers who led the trials.
“This is a result that shows that if patients who have COVID-19 and are on ventilators or are on oxygen are given dexamethasone, it will save lives, and it will do so at a remarkably low cost,” said Martin Landray, an Oxford University professor co-leading the trial, known as the RECOVERY trial.
“It’s going to be very hard for any drug really to replace this, given that for less than 50 pounds ($63.26), you can treat eight patients and save a life,” he told reporters in an online briefing.
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Ping thing.
The Fauci/Gates cabal aren’t going to like that...an anti-inflammatory, what next?
Two aspirin, a hot drink with lots of honey and a lie down?
Yup......going to drive Fauci/gates cabal crazy.
I do not think that the cabal has much muscle in Britain.
We’ll see.
I bet you that in a few days or so, right on cue, the US FDA will restrict the use of dexamethasone followed by a Fauci cautionary screed.After all billions of dollars stand to be made by the cabal.
I sent Dr. Seheult a copy of your reply to see if he wants to say anything in response. I’ll post again if he does.
I would welcome the opportunity to educate one of my younger colleagues and help him not mske a fool out of himself.
+. On point there fair lady.
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