Arthritis Drug Could Save COVID Patients: Study
A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could help to save the lives of patients with severe COVID, researchers have found, and they say its benefits can be seen even when it is used on top of other medications.Experts involved in the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (Recovery) trial say baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug taken as a tablet, can reduce the risk of death from severe COVID by about a fifth.However, they add that when the impact of other medications used alongside