Life saving drug found for COVID-19 patients on ventilators

Life saving drug found for COVID-19 patients on ventilators

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By James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor)Jun 16 2020Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.

Results from Oxford University’s RECOVERY trial into existing drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 has found that dexamethasone reduced deaths by a third in ventilated coronavirus patients and by a fifth in coronavirus patients requiring oxygen. This is the first drug of its kind to demonstrate a significant impact on COVID-19 mortality.