Synonyms for dexamethasone
dex·am·etha·sone

Princeton's WordNet

1. dexamethasone, Decadron, Dexamethasone Intensol, Dexone, Hexadrol, Oradexonnoun

   a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation

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1. • Anti-inflammatory
   • Corticosteroid

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1. Francis Collins:

   There is a lot of progress in therapeutics, we have two proven drugs -- remdesivir and dexamethasone, both proven in rigorous randomized control trials, which is the only way you really know if something works.

2. Jonathan Reiner:

   We know that dexamethasone does reduce the risk of mortality. That comes from data from a trial called the Recovery trial, but to show you what the stakes are, the patients in that trial who received dexamethasone and derived a benefit still had a 23 % 28-day mortality rate. So almost a quarter of the patients treated with dexamethasone were dead by a month out.

3. Robin Ferner:

   The Oxford group's important results, based on a scientific trial in over 6000 NHS patients, show that dexamethasone -- a common, widely used, inexpensive medicine -- can save lives in seriously ill patients with COVID-19, the Oxford group is not a treatment for mild disease.

4. Martin Landray:

   This is a result that shows that if patients who have COVID-19 and are on ventilators or are on oxygen are given dexamethasone, it will save lives, and it will do so at a remarkably low cost.

5. Jonathan Reiner:

   But to show you what the stakes are, the patients in that trial who received dexamethasone and derived a benefit still had a 23 % 28-day mortality rate. So almost a quarter of the patients treated with dexamethasone were dead by a month out.