updates guidelines as new studies come out.Here’s what’s advised for various patients:-- Not hospitalized or hospitalized but not needing extra oxygen: No specific drugs recommended, and a warning against using steroids. -- Hospitalized and needing extra oxygen but not a breathing machine: The antiviral drug remdesivir, given through an IV, and in some cases also a steroid.-- Hospitalized and on a breathing machine: Remdesivir and a steroid.What about convalescent plasma, an infusion of blood from a COVID-19 survivor that contains antibodies that fight the virus?
Not enough is known to recommend for or against it, the guidelines say.However, enough is known to advise against hydroxychloroquine and certain drugs that affect the immune.