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The evidence is in. WHO says corticosteroids really do save lives of people critically ill with COVID-19 – The Conversation AU
Common and cheap drugs save lives of patients critically ill with COVID-19, a new analysis shows. But these corticosteroids are not a cure.
Readily available drugs, which dampen the runaway inflammatory response in patients severely ill with COVID-19, save lives, according to evidence released this week.
An analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which drew together results from several studies, confirms the benefit of this group of anti-inflammatory steroid drugs, known as corticosteroids.
While earlier studies showed the apparent benefit of one of these drugs, dexamethasone, this latest evidence goes further.
It shows …
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