The leaders of the RECOVERY drug trial in the UK, who are testing the effects of many existing drugs on COVID-19 patients, have announced that the drug dexamethasone, which is very cheap (for now) and available in most countries (including ours), has been experimentally proven to reduce the risk of death of people with severe cases of the Coronavirus disease.

They administered 6mg of dexamethasone daily (by tablet or by injection) to 2104 COVID-19 patients for ten days. After 28 days, they compared the results of this treatment to the normal treatment which 4321 other patients received. They discovered that the drug reduces the risk of death in patients who are on oxygen or on the ventilator.

* For patients who were so sick that they had to be placed on a ventilator, dexamethasone reduced their risk of death from 40% to 28%. For every 8 COVID-19 patients on the ventilator treated with this drug, 1 additional life was saved.

* For patients sick enough to be placed on oxygen, the risk of death dropped by from 25% to 20%. For every 25 patients on oxygen treated, 1 additional life was saved.

* For patients who were not sick enough to be placed on oxygen or a ventilator, there was "no improvement" according to the researchers.

Sources:
- https://www.recoverytrial.net/files/recovery_dexamethasone_statement_160620_v2final.pdf (updated)

- https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53061281

This is good news for Ex-Governor Abiola Ajimobi and other Nigerian COVID-19 patients in intensive care. The benefit seems modest but remember, that improvement is relative to the standard treatment in the UK. Also, note that it provided "no benefit" to most of the patients.

Goodnews. Better days ahead. Hope this will not lead to lukewarm attitudes on parts of African Countries in their research endeavours too. Kudos to that team.


the drug dexamethasone, which is very cheap (for now) and available in most countries (including ours), has been scientifically proven to reduce the risk of death of people with severe cases of the Coronavirus disease.

Source please

Gradually, light is coming at the end of this pandemic tunnel.




We shall overcome. Peace to the world.

Folks,
we are getting closer to victory.
A reduction of the risk of death from 40% to 28%. is a Major advance.
Meanwhile, please don't dump the facemasks yet. Cover-up and give gaps.

WHO, Bill Gates, CNN and 'woke' nairaland psuedo-intellectuals won't like this.

Watch how vehemently a coordinated campaign of vigorous rebuttal would be waged in the coming days discrediting this drug and the study.

My advice still remains: my people, do all you can to stay alive, take your ginger, garlic, honey, dogonyaro, chloroquine, vitamin C, Madagascar tonic, etc...they all work.
Resist anyone who tells you the best option is to just lay down and die like Ambode rather than fight like Obaseki.

Its not impossible, its an anti-inflammatory agent

Nice one, gradually covid -19 will be a thing of the past

Eh en?

todaynewsreview:
Goodnews. Better days ahead. Hope this will not lead to lukewarm attitudes on parts of African Countries in their research endeavours too. Kudos to that team.


the drug dexamethasone, which is very cheap (for now) and available in most countries (including ours), has been scientifically proven to reduce the risk of death of people with severe cases of the Coronavirus disease.

Really excellent news.

Oga seun has spoken

I know Nigerian govt wunt take this serious..


They are still looting our national treasury..


One suspect burnt to death in ogoja, calabar


Meanwhile a convicted polithiefcian who has looted over billions of naira is celebrated on the same street by same people...

Good news

WHO will soon come nd Counter it d most clueless nd confused organization of the year Award goes to WHO..

Finally, the end is coming for Covid-19.

There is progress but For every 25, 1 live is saved? That's not enough success story. They should repeat the study....

....By tomorrow the price will skyrocket.

Trust Nigerians.Some people will even be admitted for taking overdose of the drugs.

Ok

Some ppl will start buying dexamethasone now esp those that didn't read properly. It is only medically viable for those on oxygen support.
Before u start buying it know that it is contraindicated in a lot of conditions n the major side effect is suppression of immunity and adrenal gland.

Na so we dey hear about different drugs confirmed working for Covid-19 cure that did perfectly well in trials on Humans or Animals and yet, None has been finally confirmed completely as the Vaccine...

Here comes another one among the endless lists now... I no even fit pronounce this one name sef

When una find the one wey dey 100% confirmed effective, make una tell us... Mtcheeww

Oh...
Dexa nke mmakwa??
Really cute from cheap materials and many had been looking up up up
Oya Naija the consumer..change from CQ to Dexa...
We no dey research naa, we dey wait mk Dem research give us..
Thank UK

Very soon, weed will cure covid-19

Good news. We will soon get there. Victory for the people.

gagh

Good news

Nice development.

Surely something like a medication will pops out..

Aims and objections have been archived.

Nah evil people dey control the world!