How to Use dexamethasone in a Sentence

dexamethasone

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• Only 50% of the patients treated with dexamethasone had the virus in their hearts, compared with 90% of patients who were not on the drug.
  — Emma Yasinski, Science | AAAS, 17 Mar. 2021
• One of the more effective drugs against Covid-19, a steroid named dexamethasone, is for very sick patients.
  — Betsy McKay, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
• And doctors have one good tool to prevent death – the steroid dexamethasone – which is cheap, effective and easy to use.
  — USA Today, 14 Mar. 2021
• Use of drugs such as remdesivir, which shortens the recovery time for some of the sickest patients, and the steroid dexamethasone have helped as well.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2020
• Treatments like the steroid dexamethasone and the antiviral drug Remdesivir seem to help.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2020
• One of the drugs among the array of possible treatments being tested is the steroid dexamethasone.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2020
• Of particular concern is Trump’s use of the steroid dexamethasone, which can cause mood swings.
  — Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 16 Oct. 2020
• But where and how dexamethasone counters such damage was not clear from the British trial results.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2020
• He was given the anti-viral drug remdesivir along with the steroid dexamethasone.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021
• But dexamethasone can stop this immune response to protect the body.
  — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 29 June 2020
• Regardless, the study may help explain why the steroid dexamethasone is so helpful to some patients.
  — Emma Yasinski, Science | AAAS, 17 Mar. 2021
• In June 2020, the United Kingdom’s Recovery trial found that dexamethasone, a cheap steroid, reduced deaths in that group by up to one-third.
  — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 5 Aug. 2021
• That includes the steroid dexamethasone, which limits the deadly cycle of inflammation the virus can trigger in the lungs.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2021
• Among those who could only breathe with the help of a ventilator, dexamethasone reduced deaths by 35%.
  — CBS News, 17 June 2020
• Eighty-two percent of patients in the tocilizumab portion of the study all received dexamethasone or a similar steroid.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 12 Feb. 2021
• Doctors know that the steroid dexamethasone gets people out of the hospital quicker.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 10 Aug. 2020
• Other treatments, such as the steroid dexamethasone, have been shown to save lives by tamping down the immune system’s overactive response to the virus.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 17 June 2021
• In the United States, dexamethasone already has been used to treat some Covid-19 patients during the pandemic.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 16 June 2020
• Trump is still at a stage in his illness in which a patient would likely be contagious, and as of Monday was still taking dexamethasone.
  — Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• But dexamethasone can be helpful in the treatment of many conditions.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 5 Oct. 2020
• But also, the decision was made to start dexamethasone.
  — The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2020
• Research proved the effectiveness of drugs such as the antiviral remdesivir and the steroid dexamethasone.
  — Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
• Trump’s dexamethasone treatment indicates that one of two things are true.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2020
• One piece of evidence is that the steroid dexamethasone, which broadly suppresses the immune system, can reduce the death rate.
  — Gina Kolata, Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
• The steroid dexamethasone reduced deaths by a third in a study conducted by U.K. researchers last summer and is thought to work by broadly blunting the immune system.
  — Joseph Walker, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2021
• Remdesivir, also known as Veklury, and the steroid dexamethasone are the only drugs authorized to treat Covid-19 patients.
  — NBC News, 20 Nov. 2020
• Trump is still being treated with the steroid dexamethasone and will get his last dose of a five-day regimen of the antiviral drug remdesivir tonight at the White House medical unit, which is staffed 24/7.
  — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2020
• That is why steroids such as dexamethasone, which weaken the immune system, improve outcomes among severely ill patients late in the course of the disease.
  — Tom Frieden, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2020
• The steroid Trump was prescribed:White House doctor announced Trump is being treated with dexamethasone.
  — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
• For a different reason, I was administered a three-day dexamethasone injection of high dosages.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 5 May 2023

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024