Self-medication during the Era of COVID-19; Potential Implications for Drug Policy Makers and Pharmacovigilance

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The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is marked by infodemic amid conspiracy theories, false claims, rumors, and misleading narratives, which have had a significant impact on the global campaign against COVID-19. The drug repurposing provides a hope to curb the growing encumbrance of the disease but at the same time, it poses various challenges such as selfmedication using repurposed drugs and its associated harms. During the continuing pandemic, this perspective piece explores the potential hazards of self-medication and its attributing factors along with possible countermeasures.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

Current drug safety - 18(2023), 2 vom: 10., Seite 122-124

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Yusra Habib [VerfasserIn]
Butt, Muhammad Hammad [VerfasserIn]
Salman, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse effects
COVID-19
Conspiracy theories
Drug repurposing
Journal Article
Safety profile
Self-medication

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.03.2023

Date Revised 09.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1574886317666220428133813

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35389026X