Which drugs help with Covid-19?
To answer this question, many active ingredients are currently being researched - including hormones.
Many drugs * are currently being tested for their effectiveness against coronavirus infections.
It has now been confirmed that corticosteroids can lower the risk of death.
The WHO is now recommending its use in the following Covid 19 patients.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new recommendations for the treatment of seriously ill patients with Covid-19.
They should be treated systematically with certain corticosteroids, the guidelines say
.
Patients with a mild course of the disease caused by the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus should expressly not be treated with the active ingredients.
The recommendation is based on findings from studies with various drugs for Covid 19 sufferers.
Corticosteroids affect, among other things, the metabolism, the water and electrolyte balance, the cardiovascular and nervous systems.
They are
well known in medical practice and are used, among other things, in immune diseases.
Medicines could prevent the cytokine storm as a negative consequence of Corona
One active ingredient from the group is dexamethasone, for which analyzes have shown that it can reduce the death rate in certain Covid 19 patients.
It does not fight the virus itself, but slows down the often excessive reaction of the immune system
.
The group also includes hydrocortisone and methylprednisolone.
(dpa) * Merkur.de belongs to the Germany-wide Ippen digital editorial network
.
Sources: WHO Recommendation, Corticosteroid Study 1, Corticosteroid Study 2, Corticosteroid Study 3
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