Life-saving steroids were used indiscriminately during the pandemic’s second wave, but they can have lethal side effects. A DTE series on steroid misuse witnessed across the country
COVID-19: How steroids were an unnecessary burden during the second wave
Steroids are essential in fighting infectious diseases. Used recklessly, they can cause life-threatening side effects like mucormycosis, as seen in the pandemic’s second wave
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