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Sanjay Ramakrishnan, Dan V. Nicolau Jr., Beverly Langford, Mahdi Mahdi, Helen Jeffers, Christine Mwasuku, Karolina Krassowska, Robin Fox, Ian Binnian, Victoria Glover, Stephen Bright, Christopher Butler, Jennifer L. Cane, Andreas Halner, Philippa C. Matthews, Louise E. Donnelly, Jodie L. Simpson, Jonathan R. Baker, Nabil T. Fadai, Stefan Peterson, Thomas Bengtsson, Peter J. Barnes, Richard E. K. Russell, and Mona Bafadhe
April 9, 2021
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
University of Oxford

Interpretation: Early administration of inhaled budesonide reduced the likelihood of needing urgent medical care and reduced time to recovery after early COVID-19

Discussion: We have shown that the inhaled glucocorticoid budesonide, given for a short duration, might be an effective treatment of early COVID-19 in adults. This effect, with a relative reduction of 91% of clinical deterioration is equivalent to the efficacy seen after the use of COVID-19 vaccines and greater than that reported in any treatments used in hospitalised patients and patients with severe COVID-19.”

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budesonide,COVID-19,medical treatments,pharmaceuticals