Medrol: A Drug like Dexamethasone That Also Works Against Covid-19
Data shows it lowers Covid-19 mortality, independent of age or comorbidity, and free of substantial side effects.
A recent breakthrough is that dexamethasone is the first lifesaving drug for severe cases of Covid-19. A similar class of drug to dexamethasone is methylprednisolone (brand name: Medrol). Both of them are synthetic corticosteroids called glucocorticoids. For the biological mechanisms of how they work, kindly see here:
Methylprednisolone (Medrol) Also Works
A study in Spain, published June 22, back-tracked how 463 hospitalized cases of Covid-19 were treated. They looked at how methylprednisolone treatment fared compared to controls. Of note, the control group also included those with the existing use of steroids. Among the 463 patients, 396 received methylprednisolone and 67 remained as controls, but both groups had similar baseline characteristics. Their results are very encouraging:
