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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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Steroid Treatment Should Be Reserved For Sickest Covid Patients: Experts
Most adults with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 have a suppressed immune response against the novel coronavirus rather than life-threatening hyper-inflammation, according to a study which suggests steroids such as dexamethasone should be reserved for the sickest patients.
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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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WHO Urges Rapid Production Of COVID-19 Drug Dexamethasone For Patients
The World Health Organization called Monday for a rapid increase in production of the steroid dexamethasone, after British clinical trials found it had life-saving potential for critically-ill coronavirus patients.
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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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"Important" To Use Dexamethasone For Serious COVID-19 Patients: WHO
It is important to reserve use of the steroid dexamethasone for the treatment only of serious cases of COVID-19, for which it has been shown to have a benefit, the head of the World Health Organization's emergencies programme said on Wednesday.
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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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Lee Chong Wei's Doping Hearing Starts in Amsterdam
Former World No. 1 badminton star Lee Chong Wei tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone at the World Championships in Copenhagen last August.
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Lee Chong Wei's Doping Case to be Heard on April 11
The 32-year-old Lee Chong Wei faces a maximum two-year ban after he tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone at the World Championships in Copenhagen last August.
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Badminton: Lin Dan Hopes Drugs-Hit Lee Chong Wei Returns soon
Lee, currently the world number one, has been suspended from competition after testing positive for the banned anti-inflammatory dexamethasone, and could be barred for up to two years.
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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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Steroids hamper growth in newborns
Giving steroids to premature babies to treat breathing problems can substantially impair their growth, intelligence and development of motor abilities. Doctors have been using steroids, before as well as after delivery, in certain cases, since the 1970s, based on research that the drugs helped prevent breathing problems and increased survival. But ...
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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.
-
Steroid Treatment Should Be Reserved For Sickest Covid Patients: Experts
Most adults with moderate-to-severe COVID-19 have a suppressed immune response against the novel coronavirus rather than life-threatening hyper-inflammation, according to a study which suggests steroids such as dexamethasone should be reserved for the sickest patients.
-
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.
-
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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WHO Urges Rapid Production Of COVID-19 Drug Dexamethasone For Patients
The World Health Organization called Monday for a rapid increase in production of the steroid dexamethasone, after British clinical trials found it had life-saving potential for critically-ill coronavirus patients.
-
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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"Important" To Use Dexamethasone For Serious COVID-19 Patients: WHO
It is important to reserve use of the steroid dexamethasone for the treatment only of serious cases of COVID-19, for which it has been shown to have a benefit, the head of the World Health Organization's emergencies programme said on Wednesday.
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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.
-
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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Lee Chong Wei's Doping Hearing Starts in Amsterdam
Former World No. 1 badminton star Lee Chong Wei tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone at the World Championships in Copenhagen last August.
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Lee Chong Wei's Doping Case to be Heard on April 11
The 32-year-old Lee Chong Wei faces a maximum two-year ban after he tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone at the World Championships in Copenhagen last August.
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Badminton: Lin Dan Hopes Drugs-Hit Lee Chong Wei Returns soon
Lee, currently the world number one, has been suspended from competition after testing positive for the banned anti-inflammatory dexamethasone, and could be barred for up to two years.
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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.
-
Steroids hamper growth in newborns
Giving steroids to premature babies to treat breathing problems can substantially impair their growth, intelligence and development of motor abilities. Doctors have been using steroids, before as well as after delivery, in certain cases, since the 1970s, based on research that the drugs helped prevent breathing problems and increased survival. But ...
