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COVID-19: How steroids worsened the second wave

A 3-part series that examines the role played by steroids during the devastating second wave of the novel coronavirus disease pandemic

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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COVID-19: Steroids have always been a double-edged sword


Administering of steroids is a risk-management exercise requiring close monitoring of patients, which doctors ignored during the pandemic to save lives or to keep people out of hospitals
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COVID-19: Why physicians administered steroids in the second wave


Poor dissemination and discrepancies in Union and state governments’ versions have made doctors lose faith in COVID-19 treatment protocol, leading to steroid misuse across the country
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