Miracle drug is 'life saving' against Covid and will stop sufferers needing hospital treatment, GPs claim
MPs have hailed the steroid Dexamethasone, which is being used to treat Covid They called on NHS to look into more at-home use of the drug to cut Covid cases Steroid has been mostly used in hospital, reducing patients' need for ventilators NHS said dexamethasone is 'not routinely' prescribed for Covid patients at home By Anna Mikhailova Deputy Political Editor For The Mail On Sunday
Published: 23:38 BST, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 23:38 BST, 31 July 2021
GPS and MPs have hailed a 'life saving' miracle drug being used to treat Covid.
The steroid Dexamethasone is increasingly prescribed to at-home Covid patients to prevent them from needing hospital treatment.
MPs last night called on the health service to look into more at-home use of the drug to further cut cases of serious illness from Covid.
The steroid, which reduces the amount of damage in the lungs, has been mostly used in hospital, reducing patients' need for ventilators.
MPs last night called on NHS England to look into more at-home use of the steroid Dexamethasone to further cut cases of serious illness from Covid (stock image)
A study by NHS England earlier this year estimated that the steroid has saved at least 22,000 lives in the UK and a million globally.
It has been hailed as
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