An anti-inflammatory drug called dexamethasone has been hailed as a ground-breaking treatment for hospital patients seriously ill with Covid-19. A UK trial showed the drug could save lives - the ...

For patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) receiving dexamethasone induction, dose reductions do not ...

Let’s look specifically at dexamethasone, a common corticosteroid in emergency medicine, and use current research to describe what the drug does and look at select situations in prehospital care ...

Dexamethasone oral tablet is a generic drug that’s prescribed for many conditions, including allergic reactions and inflammation. Dexamethasone belongs to a class of drugs called corticosteroids ...

Dexamethasone reduced mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, especially those who were also receiving respiratory support.

DEXAMETHASONE VIATRIS contains the active ingredient dexamethasone phosphate (as sodium). It may be used to treat an inactive or underactive adrenal gland or to treat a number of different ...

Aim A systematic review of 43 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) concluded that single dose oral dexamethasone is effective in the treatment of croup. Dexamethasone was associated with an improved ...

Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Jatoi.Aminah{at}mayo.edu Objectives Dexamethasone causes hiccups in an undefined percentage of patients, and these hiccups are often ignored (‘My doctors just shook their ...

A single dose of dexamethasone has been shown to be non-inferior to a 3- or 5-day course of prednisolone in the management of acute asthma in children and has better tolerability and compliance.

A new study of outcomes among more than 33,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients shows that remdesivir plus dexamethasone administration is associated with lower mortality rates at 14 and 28 days ...

Objectives To assess the clinical efficacy of Dexamethasone (D.) i.v. in gouty arthritis refractory to NSAIDs and to compare it with Prednisolone (P.) i.v. in equivalent doses. Methods We performed a ...