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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath15
I know he received the bolded, plus a steroid that I can't recall and I don't have my notes nearby.
Yesterday was a wild ride - the dumbass sent my mom a video about Remdisivir being a "murder drug" at 1:30am and demanded that treatment be discontinued.
Luckily, we were able to reach out to his PCP who he likes and trusts, who advised him to get back on it. Up until that point, he's been denying how sick he really is, even though every doc that speaks with him tells him he's critical.
Also learned that he's not on 6L of O2, he's on an Optiflow treatment which was at 85% flow - I misunderstood that he was at 85% SpO2 - they've since jacked the flow wide open and it's at 100% and 60 LPM.
Trying to stay positive, but it's gonna be a miracle if he makes it.
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I'm really sorry you and your family have to go through all of that. I know you've had to deal with this shit personally more than once. FWIW, there are steroid equivalents. Generally, you keep the patient on dexamethasone if it is available (it is not on shortage right now) because it was the drug that was studied, but as long as he's receiving an equivalent dose (for example, 32mg of methylpred or 40mg of prednisone) the effect should hopefully be similar.
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