A research team at Oxford University has found that cheap and widely available drug called dexamethasone can be effective in very severe forms of the COVID-19.
Dexamethasone has been around since the early 1960s. It is a steroid often given in low doses as an anti-inflammatory. It is used widely for severe asthma, allergies and when joints are painful and swollen. It is also used in autoimmune conditions such as systemic lupus erythematosus or more commonly in rheumatoid arthritis.
