Medicines used for self-medication and the reasons for self-medication in the era of Covid-۱۹

Introduction: The COVID-۱۹ pandemic caused many changes in the lives of people aroundthe world, one of these changes was the increased use of self-healing methods. In the currentresearch, the drugs used in self-treatment and their reasons during the COVID-۱۹ pandemichave been investigated .Methods: The present study is a review study that was written in December ۲۰۲۲.Medline/PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Sciences databases were used to search for relatedarticles. The keywords of this study were found using MeSH, which included "Self-Medication", "SARS-CoV-۲", and "COVID-۱۹". In the search, initially, ۸۳ articles were found,after applying the entry and exit criteria, this number was reduced to ۳۶. The inclusion criteriaincluded: the Latinity of the article and the availability of the full text, and the exclusion criteriaincluded: summaries of articles presented in conferences and congresses .Results: Antibiotics, vitamins, antimalarial drugs (hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine),herbal and natural products, analgesics and antipyretics, minerals and supplements, colds andallergies, corticosteroids and antiviral drugs, respectively, are the most used in self-treatmentin The era of Kovid-۱۹ was reserved for them. The choice of these drugs in self-treatment wasnot based on science but was often influenced by the observations and hearings of people(family, friends, newspapers, the internet, social media, radio, and television). The mainreasons for self-medication were the prevention of getting infected with covid-۱۹ and fear andanxiety (fear of being stigmatized in case of getting covid-۱۹, fear of being quarantined, andfear of going to the hospital, and contact with infected cases) .Conclusion: The increase in cases of self-medication in covid-۱۹ can have many harmfulconsequences for the individual as well as other members of society because, in case of newsor rumors about the positive effect of the drug, people tend towards that drug and start using it.They use it and it becomes difficult for people who need it to access the drug in the market dueto shortage. Therefore, it is necessary to give training to the people to raise their awareness andapply access restrictions for some medicines.

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Self-Medication ، SARS-CoV-۲ ، COVID-۱۹