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2-DG: How and when to use DRDO s anti-Covid drug? Guidelines
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Tuesday released guidelines on how and when to use its anti-Covid medicine 2-Deoxy-d-glucose (2-DG) medicine. The drug was launched last month by the Ministry of Defence. It has been developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a leading laboratory of the DRDO, in collaboration with Dr Reddy s Laboratories (DRL) in Hyderabad.
The DRDO said that 2-DG medicine should be used under the supervision of a doctor. The oral drug for emergency use is an adjunct therapy to treat severe Covid patients. It reduces dependence on supplemental oxygen.
India News: The DRDO on Tuesday issued directions on the usage of its 2-DG drug on Covid-19 patients, stating that caution should be exercised while prescribing t
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NEW DELHI: The Defence Research and Development Organisation s (DRDO) on Tuesday said that the anti-Covid drug 2DG is
approved for emergency use as an adjunct therapy to the standard of care in the treatment of coronavirus patients in hospital settings. The DRDO said that anti-Covid drug 2DG can now be given to Covid 19 patients under the care and prescription of doctors. DRDO also issued some important guidelines with regard to its anti-Covid -19 drug. Ideally, 2DG should be prescribed as early as possible by doctors for moderate to severe Covid patients for a maximum duration of up to 10 days, it said.
Dr Reddy's Labarotaries has announced the price of 2-DG drug for Covid-19 patients at Rs 990 per sachet, developed by DRDO in collaboration with Dr Reddys. Government hospitals, central and state governments would be provided with the medicine at a discounted price, said an official. This drug is available in powder form and can be consumed orally by dissolving it in water.