The all-important drug Remdesivir, considered one of the most vital medicines to treat severe cases of COVID-19 may soon be dropped from the 'Line of treatment'. Ganga Ram hospital Chairperson Dr DS Rana has said that Remdesivir is being considered to be dropped from COVID-19 treatment soon as there is no evidence of its effectiveness in treating patients. "If we talk about other medicines which we use in COVID treatment, there is no such evidence regarding Remdesivir that works in COVID-19 treatment. "All the experimental medicines, be plasma therapy or Remdesivir, all of them may be dropped soon as there is no such evidence of its functioning. Earlier, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has clinically dropped convalescent 'plasma therapy' treatment for patients suffering from COVID-19 from its newly revised guidelines.

Source: dna May 19, 2021 04:07 UTC