Re:Launch HN: InpharmD (YC W21) – curated drug information f...
by Herodotus38 on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:09PM
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Typical dose of dexamethasone is 6 mg not 4 mg. And only in severe cases needing oxygen, not early.
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Re:Launch HN: InpharmD (YC W21) – curated drug information f...
by aadvani on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:34PM
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Thanks for the correction I actually typed 6 every 24 but found it confusing and resulted in error, fixed now
Re:Launch HN: InpharmD (YC W21) – curated drug information f...
by aadvani on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:38PM
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Also, we actually did this one, if you’re curious:
https://www.inpharmd.com/is-there-any-data-to-support-higher...
Re:Launch HN: InpharmD (YC W21) – curated drug information f...
by Herodotus38 on Friday January 29, 2021 @01:10PM
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Thanks for the link. Anecdotally in our hospital only one patient to my knowledge has survived after a higher dose of dexamethasone (this was only used after the patient was worsening despite the standard 10 days of 6 mg dexamethasone). Whether this helped them or they were going to improve despite can't be known.
I would also be careful about how you use the term atypical, in fact most patients with COVID are typical and improve with the standard treatment. :)
Re:Launch HN: InpharmD (YC W21) – curated drug information f...
by aadvani on Friday January 29, 2021 @02:23PM
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Great info, and a shame there’s not better real world evidence for cases like this. And I hear you, just making the point that most shouldn't be considered “typical”; we should question everything.