Dexamethasone:
A corticosteroid used for its inflammatory role in the patients of
COVID-19. Various clinical trials are ongoing to show its efficacy and
safety profile. But what we know till now is that dexamethasone doesn’t
have improve the condition in the patients who don’t need respiratory
assistance. However, for patients on oxygen therapy and ventilator,
results are promising. Death reduced in patient on ventilator by
one-third and in patient required oxygen therapy by
one-fifth.[56]