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As others have mentioned, steroids are frequently used to treat inflammation. Steroids' impact on whether a person lives or dies because of COVID is usually min
by phaus 6y ago
As others have mentioned, steroids are frequently used to treat inflammation. Steroids' impact on whether a person lives or dies because of COVID is usually minimal.
Unfortunately, this has led to a shortage of some steroids, including hydrocortisone. There are people with unrelated medical conditions, like a member of my family, that take it as a replacement for cortisol in order to stay alive.
We have had a pretty rough time finding a place that can actually fill the prescription lately.
- franctic 6y agoSorry to hear your family member is struggling with getting medications. Are you based in the US? Purely anecdotal, but I work in an academic medical center and there have been no issues with steroid shortages. If your family member is having trouble to the point of not getting meds, if they live even remotely close to one, they (almost?) all have pharmacies that can fill scripts and I believe hydrocortisone can be prescribed for 90+ days at a time. Less anecdotally, I’ve seen several COVID based guidelines recommending mail-order scripts — they are less geographically constrained, pretty much always on time and can be filled for similar timeframes, no standing in line etc. Hope things get easier for your loved one!