Oxford’s steroid not Duterte’s ‘miracle pill’ — Roque

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The steroid drug dexamethasone is not the miracle pill President Duterte is hoping for since it can possibly treat only a small percentage of severely ill coronavirus patients, according to a Palace official.

A pharmacist displays a box of Dexamethasone at the Erasme Hospital amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, June 16, 2020.

“We want a cure that will save a 100 percent if not a majority of those who fall seriously ill,” he added. “Merong plano kasi although hinihintay pa namin yung proposal na i-test yung isa pang steroid one on one with dexamethasone; ibig sabihin titingnan kung how does it compare with dexamethasone,” the secretary said.

The secretary said that once they receive the proposal they will be testing it against dexamethasone to find out which is more effective. The University of Oxford recently conducted clinical tests on dexamethasone and initially found it can suppress inflammatory responses in some patients with severe coronavirus patients.

 

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