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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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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.
