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Gout drug cuts coronavirus patient hospital stay and need for oxygen, small study suggests – Yahoo Lifestyle Australia
The treatment could save healthcare costs and free up beds.
Reducing the time a patient spends in hospital helps save healthcare costs and free up beds. (Posed by a model, Getty Images)
A gout drug may cut short the hospital stay of coronavirus patients, as well as reducing their need for oxygen, research suggests.
The roll-out of long-awaited coronavirus vaccines gives hope for the future. With not everyone able to be immunised, or responding well to the jabs, treatments that fight the infections complications remain important.
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