[PSA] Remdesivir has little effect on Covid-19 mortality, WHO study says

[islandman]

https://www.ft.com/content/ee9b611f-2b4b-4572-afe1-b0b804d17a94

The Covid-19 treatment remdesivir has no substantial effect on a patient’s chances of survival, a clinical trial by the World Health Organization has found, delivering a significant blow to hopes of identifying existing medicines to treat the disease.

Results from the WHO’s highly anticipated Solidarity trial, which studied the effects of remdesivir and three other potential drug regimens in 11,266 hospitalised patients, found that none of the treatments “substantially affected mortality” or reduced the need to ventilate patients, according to a copy of the study seen by the Financial Times.

“These remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir and interferon regimens appeared to have little effect on in-hospital mortality,” the study found.

 

[islandman]

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[stickygirl]

Yup Steroids - good weapon. There was some other illness treated with steroids but it was pre-Covid and I don't remember now.... was it Ebola?... nah... nopes. Anyway suppressing the victims immune system from over-reacting

 

[Dribble]

If you are having a cytokine burst...steroids can help. But steroids reduce your ability to produce antibodies. Think for a second...you have a flu...you want antibodies...you take a drug that reduces your ability to produce antibodies. I said this back in April when Trump was touting this miracle drug. Anyone with a brain that understands how your immunological system works already knew this