UK study:
Arthritis drug reduces risk of death in severe Covid-19 cases

An arthritis drug has been found to reduce the risk of death for people with the most severe cases of COVID-19 by a quarter, if they are given the treatment within 24 hours of entering intensive care, a British study of treatments for the disease has found.

Iran PressEurope: It also reduced the length of time patients spent in intensive care by between seven and 10 days, the UK health ministry said in a statement.

Most of the data came from when the drug was administered in addition to a corticosteroid, such as a dexamethasone, which has already been shown to improve patients’ chances of recovering from severe cases of COVID-19. The findings are awaiting peer review.

“This is a significant step forward for increasing survival of patients in intensive care with COVID-19,” the UK’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam said in a statement.

The global death toll is 1,906,693 with 88,499,938 confirmed cases. 

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