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This drug can reduce the risk of death from COVID-19 in extreme cases – World Economic Forum
Risk of death after 28 days was 32% for those treated with corticosteroids. For those receiving usual care or a placebo, the risk was 40%.
- When severely ill COVID-19 patients are treated with corticosteroids such as dexamethasone, their survival rates increase, according to the WHO.
- Mimicking the action of cortisol in the body, these drugs can help avoid ‘cytokine storms’ which cause deadly levels of inflammation.
- Those treated with corticosteroids had a risk of death after 28 days of 32%. For those receiving usual care or a placebo, the risk was 40%.
Following reports in June that the cheap stero…
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