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Ontario science table recommends limiting use of COVID drug due to supply shortage

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An expert group is recommending Ontario clinicians ration doses of a drug used to treat COVID-19 as a supply shortage coincides with a third wave of infections that’s sending more patients into intensive care.

The scientists advising the province on the pandemic published revised clinical guidelines this week reflecting the shortage of tocilizumab, an anti-inflammatory drug approved in Canada to treat arthritis. A March report from the group found the drug reduced COVID-19 patients’ need for mechanical ventilation and improved chances of survival.

Eric Sorensen has more on the side effects of this drug decision.

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