How to Use dexamethasone in a Sentence

dexamethasone

noun
  • Trump’s dexamethasone treatment indicates that one of two things are true.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • 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

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