Although vaccines have been doing a great job at cutting infections, some people will still become very sick with Covid.
UK experts say they have found another life-saving drug that can help people ill with Covid.Trials suggest it can cut death risk by about a fifth in patients needing hospital care for severe Covid., to save even more lives, researchers say.The NHS may soon recommend baricitinib based on these new results. A 10-day course of the pills costs around £250, although the NHS may be able to negotiate a discount.
Although vaccines have been doing a great job at cutting infections and protecting lives, some people will still catch and become very sick with Covid.has been testing existing medications on Covid patients to see if they help. And now it appears some very ill Covid patients, including those on ventilators, fare much better if they receive baricitinib.One of the patients enrolled on the trial, Mark Rivvers, 51, from Cambridge, said: "I was in hospital for almost a month, mostly in an intensive-care unit."I was on almost constant respiratory support, I developed sepsis, and I had pneumonia all across my lungs.
"I'm really pleased about the result with baricitinib and hope that it can now be used to benefit many others.
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