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Scientists to test high dexamethasone doses in COVID-19 patients

British scientists will be studying whether higher doses of a cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone could work better for patients with severe...

Taiwan provisionally approves dexamethasone as COVID-19 treatment

Taiwan provisionally approved the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, to treat the new coronavirus, as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug remdesivir

Japan approves dexamethasone as COVID-19 treatment

Japan’s health ministry has approved dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid, as a second treatment of COVID-19

Dexamethasone trial results confirm COVID-19 benefits but also risks

The keenly-awaited full results from a UK trial of the steroid dexamethasone were published Friday, confirming its life-saving benefits for COVID-19 patients on ventilators.

Details of dexamethasone study showing reduced death risk released

They compared 2,104 coronavirus patients who received dexamethasone with 4,321 patients who did not

Dexamethasone drug disappears from markets in Lahore

The otherwise widely available cheap medicine is being sold for Rs1,000 to Rs1,500 per packet

DRAP issues advisory for Dexamethasone injections being used for COVID-19 patients

The DRAP issued an advisory regarding the Dexamethasone and directed pharmacies to sale the injection only on prescription by the doctors.

Dexamethasone price skyrockets in Pakistan

Wholesale Chemist Council of Pakistan President Muhammad Atif Hanif has blamed pharmaceutical companies for the shortage and hike in the price of dexamethasone drug.

Dexamethasone should be kept for serious coronavirus cases: WHO

A cheap steroid dexamethasone that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID-19 should be reserved for serious cases, WHO said

‘Dexamethasone saved my life,’ reveals COVID-19 survivor  

A recovered COVID-19 patient on Wednesday revealed that 'miracle' drug dexamethasone 'saved his life'.

COVID-19: US doctors skeptical of dexamethasone breakthrough

Researchers in Britain said dexamethasone, used to fight inflammation in other diseases, reduced death rates of the most severely ill COVID-19 patients

WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after dexamethasone breakthrough

Britain showed dexamethasone, used since the 1960s to reduce inflammation in diseases such as arthritis, cut death rates by around a third among the most severely ill COVID-19 patients

‘Breakthrough’: Popular drug reduces deaths among COVID-19 patients

The results, described as a “major breakthrough” by scientists leading the UK-led clinical trial known as RECOVERY, suggest the drug should immediately become standard care
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