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Remdesivir Likely To Get Dropped From COVID Treatment Over Inefficacy
Popular antiviral drug Remdesivir is being considered to be dropped from COVID-19 treatment due to lack of evidence in effectiveness, informed Ganga Ram Hospital Chairman DS Rana. He said, "There is no such evidence regarding Remdesivir that works in COVID-19 treatment. Medicines that do not... work, will have to be discontinued". Recently, plasma therapy has been dropped from the treatment due to the same reason.
Tags: Covid-19, REMDESIVIR, DS Rana, plasma therapy
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ICMR Drops Plasma Therapy From COVID Cure List; Calls It Ineffective
The ICMR-National Taskforce for COVID-19 in a May 14 meeting agreed to remove the convalescent plasma therapy from the COVID-19 treatment list, citing its ineffectiveness. The announcement came after a few clinicians and scientists wrote to Principal Scientific Advisor K VijayRaghavan on its 'irrational and non-scientific use'. The current guidelines allow ‘off-label’ use of plasma therapy for moderate COVID patients within seven days of… read-more
Tags: ICMR, plasma therapy, Covid-19, SECOND WAVE
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Assam Launches Plasma Donation Drive 'Lohitanjali'
In Assam, Junior Doctors' Association has launched 'Lohitanjali', a plasma donation drive, in collaboration with National Health Mission. Lauding the efforts of the organisers, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma said that many of the 'Jawans' from Assam Rifles had contracted the virus and were now volunteering to donate plasma. One of the doctors from the association opined that plasma therapy was effective on patients with moderate… read-more
Tags: health care, plasma therapy, Coronavirus, Assam
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ICMR Study Suggests Plasma Therapy Does Not Prevent COVID-19
According to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), plasma therapy is not effective in reducing the mortality rate nor does it prevent COVID-19 from advancing to the next stage. The study, conducted during April 22-July 14, reviewed health conditions of 464 participants from 39 tertiary care hospitals. Plasma therapy has received authorization for off-label use in India, and is being practiced in many other countries too… read-more
Tags: ICMR, Covid-19, plasma therapy, Coronavirus
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"What Delhi Did Yesterday, America Does Today" : CM Arvind Kejriwal
After the US decided to use plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted,"What Delhi did yesterday, America does today." Reportedly, the Kejriwal government was the first in India to seek approval from the Centre for the trials of plasma therapy. Besides, the Delhi government had successfully launched its first "Plasma Bank" last month, at state-run ILBS… read-more
Tags: AAP, CM Arvind Kejriwal, Donald Trump, plasma therapy
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