A German scientist: 99% of Corona drugs failed
A German scientist has disappointed hopes that a paradigm shift will soon occur in finding anti-Coronavirus drugs.
The director of the Department of Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Stefan Kluge, said that it should not be extremely optimistic that soon drugs will appear that can significantly reduce deaths among Corona patients who receive treatment in intensive care.
Kluge, who also holds the position of treatment guidance coordinator at the German Interdisciplinary Society for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI), said that during a pandemic there was always faith and hope - but 95 or even 99 percent of the drugs failed in their phase of studies.
Until now, medications are mainly used to relieve symptoms, such as the long-known drug dexamethasone, which is mainly used as an anti-inflammatory in hospitalized patients.
The purpose of using this drug is to slow down the overactive immune reaction that often occurs with Covid.
It should be noted that dexamethasone is one of the recommended drugs in the treatment of Corona patients, according to the national guidelines in Germany.
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