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> Edit: I was checking how common was it to give corticosteroids before the trial (pretty common as I suspected) but it's almost amusing that the WHO was recomm
by hannob 6y ago
> Edit: I was checking how common was it to give corticosteroids before the trial (pretty common as I suspected) but it's almost amusing that the WHO was recommending not to use it[0]. I wonder if this will be yet another miss for them.
So what you're saying here is that you blame the WHO for not recommending something before there was evidence for it, because now there is a study indicating effectiveness and they should have known that before the study was performed?
- Tenoke 6y agoNo, what I was saying is "I wonder if this will be yet another miss for them." >they should have known that before the study was performed I don't even think that's necessarily true given how common the use of corticosteroids both with COVID and in comparable situations. It was just something that amused me and now I regret including it in my comment as it seems to distract from the main bit of information I was conveying.
- danans 6y agoFrom your link: "“Corticosteroid treatment should not be used for the treatment of COVID-19 -induced lung injury or shock outside of a clinical trial,” the commentary concludes." So they're saying: don't use it until there is sufficient evidence that it works. That's not a "miss for them". It's a prudent and conservative recommendation, which is exactly the kind of recommendation they should be making.