Trump steroid treatment for COVID-19 raises potential side effect risk

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President Trump is being treated for COVID-19 with a steroid that is recommended for severe cases of the illness and that comes with risks of serious side effects, including mood swings, aggression and confusion

FILE PHOTO: President Trump waves to supporters as he briefly rides by in the presidential motorcade in front of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he is being treated for COVID-19 in Bethesda, Maryland, October 4. REUTERS/Cheriss May

White House officials have painted a rosy picture of Trump’s condition, saying he could be discharged from the hospital as soon as Monday. But dexamethasone has typically been reserved for more serious cases. Dexamethasone is used to treat immune system disorders, inflammatory conditions, breathing issues and other conditions by decreasing the body’s natural defensive response, which can overreact causing additional problems.

In addition, side effects can include physical problems such as blurred vision and irregular heartbeat, as well as personality changes and difficulty thinking, according to the International Myeloma Foundation.

 

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He already had them so...

Mood swings, aggression, confusion are “serious side effects”

Well that explains the tweets over the last few days.

So Trump will be his normal self.

🖕🏿🖕🏿🖕🏿

Mood swings LOL , he is already a professional for that

Just what the World needs now. A moody Moron with their finger on the Nuclear button.....

Donald Trump has gone from bad to worse. He's gone completely berserk!

Huh... that was the same consult Steroids received on the side effects of taking Trump.

Awesome

As his normal MO is moody, aggressive, and confused, how would we even tell he had side effects?

And yet the President keeps getting better.

Okay, seriously? Wtf? Take it from an RN who has given this medication to probably 1000+ patients: dexamethasone is relatively harmless AND takes care of business very well! I have only seen ONE patient have those side effects.

So he's had Covid for four years?

this is a lie...dex given to nearly all

This is just an exaggeration of his normal (and now desperate) behavior.

Shouldn’t be anything new to him 😆

it shows

Pfff, BREAKING...the anti-Trump virus seriously affected also staff of Reuters.🙄

Sounds like a standard comedown. Not hard to deal with those and still go into work.

Media used to report 'frequency' of side effects to give entire picture. These extreme side effects from dexamethasone are RARE. Let me try this again, RARE. Read the side affects of the drugs you're taking...you'll be surprised. Probably says 'death, death and more death.'

Mood swings and anger. Maybe he has had COVID for 4 years?

Will anyone notice the difference?

Smooth swings aggression confusion, nothing strange there for Donald Trump then.

So, unnoticeable.

So that's what his problem has been. Wait wait he has been that way before this drug.

it would appear that the tangerine turd has been on these steroids for years

Yet they think women are too emotional to rule 😪

I thought he already has those traits!

How much worse could it get?

He should still be hospitalized. Who allowed him to check himself out? This is so reckless.

即便没有注射这类药物,特朗普先生执政以来也存在着此种副作用。

I am so disheartened people who have the ability to intervene are failing this country . It’s shameful on their part !

25th Amendment? Why is there not major discussion of the 25th amendment? The man is seriously impaired.

So has he been taking this for the last four years?!

You won’t be able to tell if he is being affected since that is his normal bombastic miserable self.

Terrific- what could possibly go wrong?👀😱👀

Steroids make you crazy.

And... survival

How many years has he been taking it?

路透可是從來沒有過把其他人藥物治療的副作用用來影射的做法 這是為什麼呢 大概與中囻人說的 狗急跳墻 有關

Tratamiento de Covid genera confusion en TRUMP.

He is back. Suck it up losers 🤣

In other words, he is back to his normal dumbass self.

There you go.

Hohoho! This is a chines communists midia

Mood swings, aggression and confusion are the Trumps original characters, I think.

What was his excuse before his covid diagnosis? Asking for a friend...

Thank’s 🤣👀💪✝️🇺🇸☮️🇺🇸☮️🇺🇸☮️🇺🇸🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💋❤️TRUMP Rock’s

Great. That’s all we need. So now a pumped-up, medicated Cheeto’s gonna start a war cuz he’s off his face. 😏

Given his usual behavior, how would we know if he is being affected by this?

Alright, that explains a lot

Basically 'Hitler's cocktail'.

Like every medicine, keyword is “may”

wow... that just adds to his mood swings, aggression and confusion

Those 'side' effects are already there. So it won't matter perhaps

but then there will be no difference.

SO MUCH WORSE 😱 THAN PNEUMONIA

I thought Trump already had these symptoms before COVID

Dun matter he is already dellusional and confused.

Business as usual then🤔

how would you be able to tell on Trump?

Would anyone notice?

In short, it’s not in a state of discussion.🧐

How could we tell? He’s always moody!

He’s always like that anyways...

That explains

Fun stuff. Bring on the debates.

Like every steroid does, this is such fake news.

I Thought he had those 'side effects' naturally?🤔

Infectious Loser

While those are side effects of steroids, I don't believe that the POTUS is experiencing side-effects. His affect and disposition has been consistently erratic.

How do we know if it's the roids?

joanqueralto So, Trump’s normal behaviour, no risk at all.

Nothing new there then.

Been on it prior....

Oh reuters you used to be a more balanced news agency now you have become another CNN

Sounds about normal then

As long as it doesnt lead to the sort of Na--zi rhetoric of racial HATE pushed by Dems, and the Kiddy sniffing they love, Trumps still the winner.

I've taken Prednisone and it causes what? Confusion, give me a break. These people that report the garbage are true enemy to America. People, this is an injustice to everyone.

So therefore no difference

It’s like Trump on steroids.

And, he returned to work in the White House?

So.....Biden’s getting it too?

Nothing new, He ist having all those signs since birth

Mood swings, aggression and confusion are not side effects! That's how he is on a normal day!

And? Hes not a lib.

trumpthesuperspreader

Trump emerged victorious from Covid-19 illness. The vaccines' approvals are days away;some people don't understand that vaccine trials can be done for afro in Africa and latinos in S.America. There are not only US citizens needed.Warp Speed OP will finish in October as expected.

Jerk!

Sounds like what Joe Biden must be taking.

realDonaldTrump POTUS

Good. That's the kind of Trump we like. Get the man some tren while you're at it

“mood swings, aggression and confusion”.... that’s how many people feel after reading the crap that you crank out and call “journalism “.

Plus ca change..

Given his current condition, Trump is medically unqualified to be a candidate.

Initially read as “treated with an asteroid” and thought this is smod4real’s wheelhouse!

212,000 dead. Trump lied. People died. Draft dodger. Tax dodger. Truth dodger. Super Spreader. Vote him out.

Isn’t that his normal self

OK dr Reuters! Wtf!can u evil people stop d hating?damn!

Does this mean that he has been using this drug his entire life?

hilarious... fear mongering still... Trump2020 beat covid. The demonCrats plan didn't work.

No one would notice if this treatment has these side effects...

The coronavirus is Mongolian biological weapon! If don't believe it, they may slowly end killing humanity!

How will we notice the difference?

No change...

🤮

This is what trump will look like looking out through his prison cell at the outside world.

Oh Goodness! It's gonna be Donald Trump+++

How will they know if there are any side effects then? 🙃

He had all those things anyway!

What are the long term effects of 3 brain aneurysms?

No problem Donald Trump had already all of them before treatment

A nut case like trumpy... serious mood swings, aggression and confusion and carrying nuclear codes... perfect combo for a devil about to be humiliated 😂🤣🤪

'...serious side effects, including mood swings, aggression and confusion' How would anyone tell? 🤷‍♂️

Trump was a four year mood swing. Time to stabilize by firing that maniac.

Here, I haven’t noticed any changes. Mood swings, aggression and confusion. That’s how you define Trump’s character in 5 words.

.. and excessive hairiness.

I see AP still pushing this narrative.

Have you ever read the side effects leaflet delivered with most drugs?

What about the past 3 years?

So what your saying is that their are drugs to ease Covid? Then why are you not mentioning it? Scared or don’t know?

So what's new? 🤣

People get the same side effects from watching or listening to MSM.

The guy with the nukes is roided up? Fucking hell.

How will anyone be able to tell the difference?

And that's the biggest mask I have ever seen 😂😂😂😂

So we won't be able to tell a difference give he always has mood swings, aggression, and confusion.

So Reuters reporters are on it?

Sounds like Trump has been sick a long time if side effects are mood swings, aggression and confusion. Also sounds like onset of Dementia.

Cuz he doesn’t have that happening already.

Anyone that has ever taken it, or cared for someone who has taken it knows how incredibly powerful it is.

He must havr been taking it for almost 4 years

How will we know🤔 That's trump on a daily!

So, what is the big deal? For four years we have seen mood swings, aggression, and confusion. Seems like these drugs have no impact on him.

How many years has he been taking it?

More fake news.

Someone should hide the nuclear codes...

'Mood swings, aggression and confusion'. My god, he must have been on this stuff for years then.

🤔

Nobody will notice the difference

you folks are so transparently biased. it's rather amazing.

Sounds like normal Trump

Trump is unfit for office

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