Dexamethasone : Therapeutic potential, risks, and future projection during COVID-19 pandemic

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The current outbreak of novel COVID-19 challenges the development of an efficient treatment plan as soon as possible. Several promising treatment options stand out as potential therapy of COVID-19, including plasma-derived drugs, monoclonal antibodies, antivirals, antimalarial, cell therapy, and corticosteroids. Dexamethasone an approved corticosteroid medication, acting as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant agent. In the current pandemic, dexamethasone is declared a "major development" in the fight against COVID-19. Steroidal dexamethasone was presented as the recent advancement that significantly reduces the mortality rate among severe COVID-19 cases. This review summarizes the preliminary opinion about the dexamethasone outbreak, therapeutic potential, risks, and strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:894

Enthalten in:

European journal of pharmacology - 894(2021) vom: 05. März, Seite 173854

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Noreen, Sobia [VerfasserIn]
Maqbool, Irsah [VerfasserIn]
Madni, Asadullah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7S5I7G3JQL
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
COVID-19 therapeutics
Corticosteroid
Dexamethasone
Immunosuppressant
Immunosuppressive Agents
Journal Article
Review
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 04.02.2021

Date Revised 15.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.173854

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319923746