Deltacortil (prednisolone) relieves symptoms of corona virus (COVID-19) infection

Objectives: To observe the beneficial effect of steroid Deltacortil on, fever, cough and myalgia in patients with corona virus COVID-19 infection Study design: Observational Study Place and duration of study – Furqan Clinic Gulbahar Peshawar from May 2020 till June 2020 Methodology: This study was conducted on 80 adult patients, irrespective of gender, age selected was between 30 - 50 years Patients were divided into 4 groups, with 20 patients in each group Group I was control group, did not receive deltacortil, Group 2 received Deltacortil on day One i e first day of onset of symptoms for 14 days, Group 3 received Deltacortil at day 8 for 14 days and Group 4 received deltacortil at day 15 for 14 days Dose of Deltacortil was tablet 5mg, twice a day, given to all three experimental groups for 14 days In all groups fever, cough and myalgia was monitored Changes and improvement in all three symptoms which occurred with Deltacortil was recorded Result: In group 1 control group fever, cough and myalgia persisted for 30 days, Group 2 showed that 20 % patients had fever, 55 % had cough and 10 % had myalgia at the end of month In Group 3 fever was present in 65% patients 85 % patients had cough and 80 % had myalgia after 30 days Group 4 showed that 90 % had fever, 90 % patients had cough and 30 % had myalgia for 30 days of study Conclusions: Group 2 received deltacortil from day One of onset of symptoms till day fourteen showed rapid improvement in fever, cough and myalgia than other groups taking deltacortil after seven days of occurance of symptoms © 2020 Lahore Medical And Dental College All rights reserved