Current study had 2 groups of patients hospitalized with severe #COVID19:
1 group got #remdesivir for 5 days; the other for 10 days
>50% in both groups discharged from hospital within 14 days
64.5% in the 5-days group were discharged vs 53.8% of in the 10-days group
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#Remdesivir reportedly was effective in a different (@NIH) study that randomly assigned 400 hospitalized#COVID19 patients to take#remdesivir or placebo. Primary outcome is recovery by 29 days. Results soon to be released from this more definitive study.https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gilead-science-reports-positive-data-in-trial-of-remdesivir-as-treatment-for-covid-19-2020-04-29 …Show this thread -
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#remdesivir likely effective for severe#COVID19, but more likely to work when patients are treated EARLY in their infection, rather than after they're in the ICU. While this isn't the be-all-end-all, it's important progress!
#coronavirushttps://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/1255497867277500425?s=20 …Show this thread
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I dislike trump as much as anyone, but I want the world to find something to fight this with, that’s more important than anything at this point. This is good news
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Because money.
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From the folks who brought you the most useless antiviral drug in the Universe: Tamiflu.
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It has helped me enormously on 2 occasions
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How does this compare to untreated patients with equally severe symptoms?
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