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Is Dexamethasone beneficial for COVID-19 patients ?

Dexamethasone : Dexamethasone is a steroid that has been used since the 1960s to reduce inflammation in a range of conditions , including inflammatory disorders and certain cancers. The World Health Organisation  (WHO) welcomes that the initial clinical trial esults from the United kingdom (UK) that shoe dexamethasone , a corticosteroid , can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with COVID-19. For patients on ventilators , the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third , and for patients requiring only oxygen , mortality was cut by about one fifth , according to preliminary findings shared with WHO. The benefits was only seen in patients seriously ill with COVID-19 , and was not observed in patients with milder disease. WHAT DEXAMETHASONE IS USED FOR : As an anti-inflammatory medication , It relieves inflammation in various parts of the body, It is used specifically to decrease swelling (edema) , associated with tumors of the spine and brain, and to tre...