I trained giving our big surgery postops 8mg dex q8 hours x 3. And I prescribe plenty of high dose prednisone in routine outpatient practice these days. There are risks with high dose steroids but most patients tolerate well so I think with the favorable side effect profile, we will see them prescribed very commonly now for covid patients, even as outpatients. They'll probably make patients feel a little better anyway.
And I think there is benefit in trying to keep the immune system from going into overdrive before you get bad lung disease. Personally, if I get it bad enough to land in the hospital, one of the first things I'm asking the ER doc for is a slug of dex.
And I think there is benefit in trying to keep the immune system from going into overdrive before you get bad lung disease. Personally, if I get it bad enough to land in the hospital, one of the first things I'm asking the ER doc for is a slug of dex.