This morning, on AM radio, an MD was describing one type of treatment for COVID19 that many hospitals refuse to use, rather than use the proven medication.
Posted on 02/15/2021 9:51:11 AM PST by KeyLargo
Medications
February 10, 2021
Common asthma treatment reduces need for hospitalization in COVID-19 patients, study suggests
by University of Oxford
Early treatment with a medication commonly used to treat asthma appears to significantly reduce the need for urgent care and hospitalization in people with COVID-19, researchers at the University of Oxford have found.
The STOIC study found that inhaled budesonide given to patients with COVID-19 within seven days of the onset of symptoms also reduced recovery time. Budesonide is a corticosteroid used in the long-term management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Findings from the phase 2 randomized study, which was supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), were published on the medRxiv pre-print server.
The findings from 146 people—of whom half took 800 micrograms of the medication twice a day and half were on usual care—suggests that inhaled budesonide reduced the relative risk of requiring urgent care or hospitalization by 90% in the 28-day study period. Participants allocated the budesonide inhaler also had a quicker resolution of fever, symptoms and fewer persistent symptoms after 28 days....
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This morning, on AM radio, an MD was describing one type of treatment for COVID19 that many hospitals refuse to use, rather than use the proven medication.
Budesonide is an inhaled corticosteroid that is currently being studied for its efficacy with COVID-19. It is a common, safe prescription therapy that is FDA-approved for breathing issues.
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I got a script for the vials you put in a nebulizer. The cost is crazy. Over $300 bucks without insurance. With my insurance it was $30. I dont even know how long they were suppose to last. I know it is less than 30 days
UK
GPs could offer common asthma drug as early Covid-19 intervention
asthma drug
Helen Quinn
15 February 2021
A common asthma drug, Budesonide, which could be given by GP surgeries as an early community intervention, has been found to reduce Covid-19 symptoms.
In a small trial at the University of Oxford, the steroid inhaler was given seven days after the onset of Covid-19 symptoms and appeared to significantly reduce the need for critical care.
The researchers also reported persistent symptoms, seen after 28 days, were reduced with the asthma drug.
The study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, involved 146 people who had tested positive for Covid-19, half of whom were given 800 mg of Budesonide twice a day and the other half received the usual care.
The researchers found that using the steroid inhaler reduced the relative risk of needing critical care by 90% over the study period. They also found that there was a quicker resolution of fever and less persistent symptoms after 28 days.
The study was published on the medRxiv pre-print server, but the researchers were optimistic that the common medication could help.
Professor Mona Bafadhel from the University of Oxford, who led the trial, said: ‘There have been important breakthroughs in hospitalised Covid-19 patients, but equally important is treating early disease to prevent clinical deterioration and the need for urgent care and hospitalisation.’
She added: ‘I am heartened that a relatively safe, widely available and well-studied medicine such as an inhaled steroid could have an impact on the pressures we are experiencing during the pandemic.’
As the effects of long Covid-19 become more visible, GPs have been asked to manage the long-term health issues associated with the virus.
btw, if you get a script for the vials you also have to have a nebulizer. The pharmacy required a script. What is the sense in that when you can get one off Amazon.
People bash Amazon all the time like it is a sport but they sure have helped me out many times.
btw, their pharmacy will fill Ivermectin and HQC scripts
I was reading a pharmacist thread on reddit. A lot of pharmacists have flat out refused to fill valid scripts. This happened to me with HQC. I had to shop around to get it. I had to shop around for Ivermectin because so many places didnt have it.
I think that when this panic over Chirona is over we may find that it can be cured by taking aspirin.
How dangerous ca a virus be when there are so many cures? Sounds like a cold to me.
Will covid 19 be around in 2119?
We could have a centennial celebration.
Interesting. Small study but great results. Hope it can be replicated.
Another recent study found no benefit in asthma patients.
• A meta-analysis of four published articles including 8155 patients evaluated the impact of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and the potential relationship between ICS use and prognosis in patients with asthma and COVID-19 showed no significant difference in case fatality in asthmatic patients in the ICS use and non-ICS use groups (J Asthma 2021 Jan 18;EPub Ahead of Print).
FYI, Symicort is budesonide 160 mcg / formoterol fumarate dihydrate 4.5 mcg or budesonide 80 mcg / formoterol fumarate dihydrate 4.5 mcg
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