Steroids

My overall take on this is that corticosteroids are likely to be the way to help the planet - Randy Cron MD

Steroids

image by: Junior Rasec

HWN Recommends

Steroids are a powerful Covid-19 treatment. We need to learn to use them better

The Covid-19 pandemic has infected more than 68 million individuals worldwide and killed 1.5 million people, including more than 285,000 Americans. And many hospitals are now running short on beds for the sickest patients.

Approximately one in 25 people with Covid-19 need hospitalization, and about 9 percent of hospitalized Covid-19 patients end up having acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Hospital care does not guarantee survival, with Covid-19 killing about 2.1 percent of people who get it in the US.

We don’t always know why the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 ravages some people so much more horribly than others. But one thing many of these severe patients…

read full article

Resources

Common Steroid Could Be Cheap and Effective Treatment for Severe COVID-19

The results of a trial that found dexamethasone reduced the risk of death in extremely ill coronavirus patients have yet to be published, but some doctors are already embracing them.

Covid-19 Deaths Significantly Reduced by Use of Steroids, Analysis Says

Studies involving 1,700 patients showed consistent benefits from corticosteroid treatment, raising hopes that cheap drugs can help treat severe cases.

Inexpensive Steroids Can Save Lives Of Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients

Three new studies strongly support using inexpensive and widely available drugs to treat people who are seriously ill with COVID-19. The drugs are steroids, and the research published Wednesday confirms they are proving to be the most effective treatment found to date.

Inexpensive steroids reduce deaths of hospitalized Covid-19 patients, WHO analysis confirms

The positive steroid findings — the result of a pooled look at data known as a meta-analysis — confirm a similar survival benefit reported in June from a single, large study. Corticosteroids are the first, and so far only, therapy shown to improve the odds of survival for critically ill patients with Covid-19.