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Sep 2020
Studies show cheap steroids can save lives from severe Covid
These latest findings confirm the results of an earlier trial, which has already resulted in steroids being widely used for Covid patients in intensive care.
The new results, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, show that eight lives could be saved in every 100 patients treated.
The researchers, whilst acknowledging that the findings were impressive, also stressed that steroids were not a cure for coronavirus.
In June, the UK’s Recovery trial identified the first drug, a steroid called dexamethasone, that could save the lives of people with severe Covid.
This latest trial joins together all clinical studies involving steroids on coronavirus patients around the world, confirming that dexamethasone works and that another steroid, hydrocortisone, is equally affective.
Speaking of the findings, Professor Anthony Gordon from Imperial College, London, said “At the beginning of the year, at times it felt almost hopeless knowing that we had no specific treatments.
“It was a very worrying time, yet less than six months later we’ve found clear, reliable evidence in high quality clinical trials of how we can tackle this devastating disease.”
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