Dexamethasone can Improve Coronavirus survival Rate
Evidence points to China as the origin of the new coronavirus. Chinese Communist Party propaganda is attempting to pin the blame on others. (New Scientist)
Dexamethasone is cheap and widely available. Researchers in the UK utilized this steroid on coronavirus patients who needed breathing machines or supplemental oxygen. The results showed promise. Those who took it had a better chance of avoiding death. The British Parliament authorized its use in the UK.
From USA Today:
The study, led by the University of Oxford, was a large, strict test that randomly assigned 2,104 patients to get the drug and compared them with 4,321 patients getting only usual care.
The drug was given either orally or through an IV for 10 days. After four weeks, it had reduced deaths by 35% in patients who needed treatment with breathing machines and by 20% in those only needing supplemental oxygen. It did not appear to help less ill patients.
Researchers estimated that the drug would prevent one death for every eight patients treated while on breathing machines and one for every 25 patients on extra oxygen alone.
“Those are big effects,” said one study leader, Dr. Martin Landray at Oxford. “It’s not a cure, but it’s certainly a long way forward.” It’s especially good news that the drug “is remarkably cheap, perhaps $20 or $30 for an entire course of treatment,” he added.
The USA Today article has more information related to this dexamethasone study. The University of Oxford did the study. This is the same university that did another study that claimed that hydroxychloroquine was not useful against the coronavirus.
Category: COVID-19
Saw a blurb about this on the national news last night. No surprise that the makers of the high priced drug said, “way more testing will be needed for a definitive proof that it works.”
What was to prevent the people that are responsible for creating this bug from testing every known drug on the market for its effectiveness against the bug? Just saying. Yeah I know, I’ll go back to my corner and take my conspiracy theory with me.
It’s not a conspiracy if it’s true.
This isn’t going to go good with cnn and LSMFT cable news who are hoping the virus just keeps going because their person responsible for the deaths of Tyrone Woods and Glenn Doherty lost in 2016 and the 2020 election is coming up and their savior joe b has the answer to everything.
7.59$ per pill/day, what I really like is the “May cause anaphylaxis.” You know, severe life threatening reaction to someone who is already on a respirator. No chance of anything bad happening here.
That sounds very much like an allergic reaction to the chemical compounds that make up that drug.
What drug DOESN’T potentially cause anaphylaxis?
Dexamethesone is to inexpensive to be useful…😁
I was curious about this, too, because hydroxychloroquinone only seems to be effective in the very beginning stages of CV-9, and later on, does not really help much.
This sudden switch seems unnecessary, but there isn’t really much information relayed by the media mavens about it, probably because they really don’t know any more than they parrot out to people.
I SAY BAN LISINIPRIL. Last year I awoke on a Friday morning with a swollen lip and Sis says that I’m a wuse because I told her I was going to urgent care. The vitals are taken and I’m lying down and after awhile, Doc Smith comes in and asks me if I’m on Lisinipril and I say yes and then he says that I just had an allergic reaction. I tell him that I have been taking it for a number of years and he says that doesn’t matter because an allergic reaction can happen any time so we switched drugs.
If any of you had your wisdom teeth pulled by a military dentists you’ve taken this drug. It’s given ahead of time to prevent swelling. It’s most common side effect is it causes temporary itching near your private parts.
Y is the USA.EU and UK not bothered,about the COVID deaths in their part of the world ? Could it be that they want it ? Who are the dead ? The dead are the pensioners, and the persons,who are fatally sick.dindooohindoo The gainer in every combo,is the West – which makes one wonder,how the COVID magically mutated in its new avatar. Posit No.1 Assuming that these dead persons in the West,had a residual life of 15 years, and we can assume that,by August,2020,there will be around 600000 dead in the West. The pension to a pensioner,would not be less than 12,000 USD per annum, on an average,at the minimum.In addition, the medical and other social costs,on an aged pensioner,would be not less than another 8,000 USD per annum. If they die,then on 6,00,000 people,if the West saves 20,000 USD per annum, you net USD 12 Billion,PER ANNUM – which will be around 200-300 billion for 15 years One could argue that the US Fed just printed,the USD 12 Billion – but now it need not.The Youth in the west,had to work at high rates of tax and deductions – to finance the aged pension and health care benefits – which ultimately,led to outsourcing. The scam would be shocking,if the dead,had no insurance ! That would be telling ! If 6,00,000 are dead,with insurance and an average insurance claim,of USD 1,00,000 – then you have a bomb – to wipe out the insurers. If 10 million die – we are looking at net savings of USD 200 billion per annum and USD 3 Trillion over 15 years.This will also solve the health insurance problems in the US/EU,as the high claim insurers,will cease to exist – and thus lower the insurance costs,for the young,and the cost of labour in manufacturing. if the aggregate savings on pensions and medical costs are USD 100,000 per annum,then on 10 million dead,we have a saving of ISD 1 trillion per annum,as a perpetual annuity (which is the minimum target – I suspect) – as the strategem ,is to kill people,with co-morbidities – and these are… Read more »