The president was given the inexpensive steroid after experiencing a drop in his oxygen level.
On Sunday, President Trump’s team of physicians announced the president was treated with the steroid dexamethasone after his oxygen level dropped while he was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center over the weekend.
“In response to transient low oxygen levels … we did initiate dexamethasone therapy, and he received his first dose of that yesterday [Saturday],” Brian Garibaldi, a physician who is part of the president’s medical team, told reporters Sunday.
Dexamethasone is a cheap and widely available corticosteroid that is used to head off an immune system overreaction and treat inflammation. Continue reading.