{"id":53126,"date":"2022-01-14T13:15:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=53126"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:15:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:15:54","slug":"who-recommends%e2%80%aftwo%e2%80%afnew-drugs-to-treat-patients-with-covid-19%e2%80%af%e2%80%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/who-recommends%e2%80%aftwo%e2%80%afnew-drugs-to-treat-patients-with-covid-19%e2%80%af%e2%80%af\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO recommends\u202ftwo\u202fnew drugs to treat patients with COVID-19\u202f\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ritah Kemigisa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization has recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with the critical disease and one for non-severe cases.<\/p>\n<p>The first drug,\u00a0baricitinib, is used to treat autoimmune conditions,\u00a0blood and bone marrow cancers, and\u00a0rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from the\u00a0WHO guideline development group based their recommendation on \u201cmoderate certainty evidence\u201d that it improves survival and reduces the need for ventilation.<\/p>\n<p>The World health body has also made a conditional recommendation for the use of\u00a0a\u00a0monoclonal antibody\u00a0known as\u00a0sotrovimab\u00a0in patients with non-severe\u00a0cases.<\/p>\n<p>According to them,\u00a0the drug\u00a0should only be administered to patients\u00a0at the\u00a0highest risk of hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>It is not recommended to use both drugs at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>These\u00a0recommendations are based on new evidence from seven trials involving over 4,000 patients with non-severe, severe, and critical infections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ritah Kemigisa The World Health Organization has recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for patients with the critical disease and one for non-severe cases. The first drug,\u00a0baricitinib, is used to treat autoimmune conditions,\u00a0blood and bone marrow cancers, and\u00a0rheumatoid arthritis. Experts from the\u00a0WHO guideline development group based their recommendation on \u201cmoderate certainty evidence\u201d that it improves survival and reduces the need for ventilation. The World health body has also made a conditional recommendation for the use of\u00a0a\u00a0monoclonal antibody\u00a0known as\u00a0sotrovimab\u00a0in patients with non-severe\u00a0cases. According to them,\u00a0the drug\u00a0should only be administered to patients\u00a0at the\u00a0highest risk of hospitalization. It is not recommended to use both drugs at the same time. 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