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Study shows an Arthritis drug may help Covid patients recover

Hospitalised Covid patients treated with an Arthritis drug coupled with antiviral drug remdesivir recovered one day faster than those who had received remdesivir alone, a trial conducted on more than 1,000 hospital patients who received remdesivir has found. People who were sick enough to require a high dose of supplemental oxygen or ventilation recovered eight days faster when baricitinib was included in their drug regimen. Experts pointed out that the combination treatment comes with high cost and also cited side effects. Many doctors also inclined towards treating patients with steroids