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What medicinal regime is currently being prescribed to covid-19 positive patients? and how serious are the side effects?
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Agree with Dr. F: For patients with breathing difficulty, the following treatments have been used. Steroids, Remidesivir, Convalescent plasma, intubation and respirator treatment, monoclonal antibodies for blocking inflammation, monoclonal antibodies directed to the virus, and in very severe cases, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.
Answered 7/26/2020
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