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High-Dose Covid Treatment Less Effective In India Than Europe: Study
A higher dose of the COVID-19 drug, dexamethasone, may have less beneficial effects for patients in India as compared with those in Europe, according to a study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia journal.
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Taiwan Provisionally Approves Dexamethasone As Coronavirus Treatment
Taiwan provisionally approved the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, to treat the new coronavirus, as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug remdesivir after the United States bought nearly all global supplies.
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India Allows Use Of Low-Cost Steroid To Treat Coronavirus Patients
The government on Saturday allowed the use of the low-cost steroid drug dexamethasone as an alternative to methylprednisolone to treat coronavirus patients with moderate and severe symptoms. The World Health Organization had called for a rapid increase in production of dexamethasone, after British clinical trials found it had life-saving potential ...
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2,40,000 Doses Of Life Saving Coronavirus Drug Dexamethasone Available In UK: Minister
Britain has increased the amount of dexamethasone it has in stock and on order to 2,40,000 doses, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday, after a preliminary trial result showed it reduced mortality in the most severe COVID-19 cases.
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"Best News So Far": UK Hails Steroid Treatment For Coronavirus
Britain's health minister on Wednesday hailed the use of a steroid called dexamethasone for treating coronavirus patients as the best news so far of the outbreak.
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A Cheap Steroid Emerges As Life-Saving Drug For COVID-19
Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection, trial data showed on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh's "teenage" brothels hold dark steroid secret
Their faces painted heavy with make-up, teenage girls in short, tight blouses and long petticoats loiter in squalid alleys, laughing and gesturing to potential clients who roam Tangail town's infamous red light area in the early evening. There is no shortage of men looking for "company" in Kandapara slum, a labyrinth of tiny lanes - lined cheek-by-...
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Early steroid exposure not risky
Steroid treatment given immediately before or after birth to reduce the rate and severity of chronic lung disease does not affect heart function in children.
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Treating premature babies - steroids may do more harm than good
Even moderate doses of steroids are unsafe in premature babies. Administration of high doses of dexamethasone is used to reduce the risk of chronic lung disease in premature infants but can cause complications. Approximately 30% of babies who weigh less than 2 pounds at birth may develop serious lung disease. This happens as they need to be place...
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High-Dose Covid Treatment Less Effective In India Than Europe: Study
A higher dose of the COVID-19 drug, dexamethasone, may have less beneficial effects for patients in India as compared with those in Europe, according to a study published in The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia journal.
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Taiwan Provisionally Approves Dexamethasone As Coronavirus Treatment
Taiwan provisionally approved the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, to treat the new coronavirus, as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug remdesivir after the United States bought nearly all global supplies.
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India Allows Use Of Low-Cost Steroid To Treat Coronavirus Patients
The government on Saturday allowed the use of the low-cost steroid drug dexamethasone as an alternative to methylprednisolone to treat coronavirus patients with moderate and severe symptoms. The World Health Organization had called for a rapid increase in production of dexamethasone, after British clinical trials found it had life-saving potential ...
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2,40,000 Doses Of Life Saving Coronavirus Drug Dexamethasone Available In UK: Minister
Britain has increased the amount of dexamethasone it has in stock and on order to 2,40,000 doses, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday, after a preliminary trial result showed it reduced mortality in the most severe COVID-19 cases.
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"Best News So Far": UK Hails Steroid Treatment For Coronavirus
Britain's health minister on Wednesday hailed the use of a steroid called dexamethasone for treating coronavirus patients as the best news so far of the outbreak.
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A Cheap Steroid Emerges As Life-Saving Drug For COVID-19
Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection, trial data showed on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh's "teenage" brothels hold dark steroid secret
Their faces painted heavy with make-up, teenage girls in short, tight blouses and long petticoats loiter in squalid alleys, laughing and gesturing to potential clients who roam Tangail town's infamous red light area in the early evening. There is no shortage of men looking for "company" in Kandapara slum, a labyrinth of tiny lanes - lined cheek-by-...
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Early steroid exposure not risky
Steroid treatment given immediately before or after birth to reduce the rate and severity of chronic lung disease does not affect heart function in children.
-
Treating premature babies - steroids may do more harm than good
Even moderate doses of steroids are unsafe in premature babies. Administration of high doses of dexamethasone is used to reduce the risk of chronic lung disease in premature infants but can cause complications. Approximately 30% of babies who weigh less than 2 pounds at birth may develop serious lung disease. This happens as they need to be place...
