BREAKING: Cheap steroid ‘reduces coronavirus deaths in sickest patients’
A cheap steroid has been found to reduce the risk of death in critically ill coronavirus patients by as much as 20%.
The research, coordinated by the World Health Organisation , found that using one of the three drugs leads to an estimated 20% reduction in the risk of death. Anthony Gordon, professor of anaesthesia and critical care, NIHR Research Professor, Imperial College London, said hydrocortisone could be used ‘straight away’ to treat people with coronavirus in intensive care units across the UK.
But he added that the findings were ‘not a cure’ of the virus. He continued: ‘The real advantage is that we understand now it is a class effect of the steroid, that there is more than one choice. This means that there should be better world supply, there shouldn’t be any shortages.’
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