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Life-saving Coronavirus drug found!

- Dexamethasone said to be a cheap & widely available drug
The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. Photo: Getty Images
Dexamethasone reportedly does not appear to help people with milder symptoms of coronavirus who do not need help with their breathing. Photo: News4Jax
Dexamethasone reportedly does not appear to help people with milder symptoms of coronavirus who do not need help with their breathing. Photo: News4Jax
Dexamethasone also reportedly cuts the risk of death by a third for COVID-19 patients on ventilators. Photo: The Guardian
Dexamethasone also reportedly cuts the risk of death by a third for COVID-19 patients on ventilators. Photo: The Guardian
LONDON, United Kingdom- Medical experts in the United Kingdom are touting a cheap and widely available drug that they say can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus.

The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, the BBC reported UK experts as saying.

It said the drug is part of the world's biggest trial testing existing treatments to see if they also work for coronavirus.

Life-saving drug

Dexamethasone also reportedly cuts the risk of death by a third for patients on ventilators. For those on oxygen, it cut deaths by a fifth.

According to the BBC in an article today, June 16, 2020, researchers said had the drug had been used to treat patients in the UK from the start of the pandemic, up to 5,000 lives could have been saved.

It also said the drug could be of huge benefit in poorer countries with high numbers of Covid-19 patients.

“The UK government has 200,000 courses of the drug in its stockpile and says the NHS will make dexamethasone available to patients,” the article stated.

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, said there was a genuine case to celebrate "a remarkable British scientific achievement", adding: "We have taken steps to ensure we have enough supplies, even in the event of a second peak."

The drug is already used to reduce inflammation in a range of other conditions, including arthritis, asthma and skin some conditions.

Trials

In the trial, led by a team from Oxford University, about 2,000 hospital patients were given dexamethasone and compared with more than 4,000 who were not.

For patients on ventilators, it cut the risk of death from 40% to 28%.

For patients needing oxygen, it cut the risk of death from 25% to 20%.

Dexamethasone does not appear to help people with milder symptoms of coronavirus who do not need help with their breathing.

The Recovery Trial, running since March, also looked at the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which has subsequently been ditched amid concerns it increases fatalities and heart problems.

The antiviral drug remdesivir, meanwhile, which appears to shorten recovery time for people with coronavirus, is already being made available on the NHS, the BBC reported.

20 Responses to “Life-saving Coronavirus drug found!”

  • Hmmmmm (16/06/2020, 17:00) Like (28) Dislike (16) Reply
    It was always there. The same who that manufactured corona is the same who that manufactured the cheap drug. Corona must have done its purpose - killed millions of people. But it done the unthinkable too - brought down the global economy and it didn’t wipe out who were to get wiped out.

    Man 2 Man is so unjust; people we don’t know who to trust.
    • Well (16/06/2020, 18:00) Like (22) Dislike (9) Reply
      That vaccine going to kill us
      • We in trouble (16/06/2020, 19:19) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
        Hope this will drive the fear away and we can return to normalcy.....
      • NezRez (17/06/2020, 09:37) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
        If it is so safe, allow them to try it on their own families first, and stay away from 3rd world countries until it is proven to work. I am sick and tired of them using poor uneducated Black people as guinea pigs. We know damn well they intend to kill as many of us as necessary until they get the vaccine right. Just like polio, syphilis, and every other disease they used Black people for.
  • usvi (16/06/2020, 17:25) Like (1) Dislike (7) Reply
    Send us some quick
  • @Hmmmmm (16/06/2020, 17:35) Like (8) Dislike (5) Reply
    Carona hasnt killed no millions, NOT even half a million people died. Just thought id clarify that statement you made and why is it that the most addictive drug METH is always in thevmiddle of these people so called cure......
  • lol (16/06/2020, 17:59) Like (22) Dislike (8) Reply
    Oh please the vaccine is what going to kill the people
  • Lord 0 (16/06/2020, 19:05) Like (5) Dislike (6) Reply
    Why not tell us about the Italy medical findings after doing the forbiden atopsy....They found its not a virus, its a bacteria that gets its enery from 5G radiation...together with ghe 5G radiation the vessels get blocked rapidly which affects the lungs kidney and the heart, thats why its extrdmely deadly in pre-existing patients....The report also states that a simple 100mg Aspirin is the cure..... It seems like they will never stop lying to us and put us in fear..Thats why recovery is so hogh in most caribbean, its the lack of 5G.....Now this new drug will bring in billions and the effectiveness is not certain.....Sad..
  • Be warned (16/06/2020, 19:09) Like (16) Dislike (1) Reply
    This medical facilitt is a china and bill gates funded university...Becareful....its all about the money, the control, be aware of what you taking..
  • Nice (16/06/2020, 19:44) Like (3) Dislike (12) Reply
    U all could keep that no how it sound wether life saving or saving life they will never kill my a**
  • wise up (16/06/2020, 20:04) Like (0) Dislike (5) Reply
    Don’t understand people CORONA IS REAL!it was in front of your eyes,Happy the found the drug.stop listing to theory and pray.
  • John (16/06/2020, 21:07) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Here we go..
  • cct (16/06/2020, 21:21) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    Boycott “see see T” damn followers with bad marketing that break under pressure from people and don’t stand for what they need to
  • Conspiracies Be like (17/06/2020, 02:45) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    Bill: Linda we might end up in hot water over this one. Those conspiracy guys on to us and they're everywhere! Im in the news denying claims! The prez aint wearing a mask or cooperating! No no no! Now the colored people are rioting, and that wasnt even us! This is out of control. 2020 is too much what next!

    Kill the vaccine, kill the New Regular! Green light the cure. Not that cure Linda the other one, the one for the poor people!
    • Gullible you be like (17/06/2020, 07:07) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      Let's blindly obey and comply with everything we are told without any discernment. Why use common sense when other people can think for us? Critical thinking is nothing but a conspiracy to get us to use our minds and I'm not falling for it.
  • Carona investigator.. (17/06/2020, 06:29) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    I knew this will happen..im not surprised...Ive told u all over 2 months ago that they will use oxford university to get their cure and vsccine out, This university is funded by Bill gates and China, This the university of choice for chinese..They already knew what the cure is.....Trump stands in their way, so they found another way.....I taly Scientist by doing atopsies on the dead discover the scam, the lies and the cover up and reported that a 100mg Aspirin is a simple cure... World health organization ignoring the Italy findings, but rush to give Oxfordeirlessings.hmmm...money, money, mooneeey.. Folks the Scam, cover up and lies getting brighter by the day, soon it will be come clear...The proof are there.research Italy medical findings on Carona virus...Research funding for Oxford university and World health organization.. .Yep. They are playing us as fools like a game, like their merchandize, like flies they can just flit and we die....They underestimating us ...
  • Herbs (17/06/2020, 09:03) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    Let white people take the drugs and give us black people the herbs.


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