Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug

[dan_bgblue]

Widely available and very affordable as well. Not a 100% cure all, but a very effective medicine for those on ventilators.

Linkage (https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53061281)

[KeithKSR]

I noted that it is used to create a lot of the same diseases that hydroxychloroquin is used to treat.

[Doc]

I am shocked it took so long to come to this point. Vets use dexi like water. It is by far and away our number 1 drug ti treat inflammation of any type. Cost is less than a penny a dose for tablets and the injectable is a couple bucks a bottle. Dexi is similar to prednisone/prednisilone, just far more potent (approx 20x stronger). If the issue with Covid is inflammatory, it should have been implimented as part of the protocol months ago.

[KeithKSR]

I am shocked it took so long to come to this point. Vets use dexi like water. It is by far and away our number 1 drug ti treat inflammation of any type. Cost is less than a penny a dose for tablets and the injectable is a couple bucks a bottle. Dexi is similar to prednisone/prednisilone, just far more potent (approx 20x stronger). If the issue with Covid is inflammatory, it should have been implimented as part of the protocol months ago.

Any low cost pharma alternatives get buried quickly.