Self-medication and the 'infodemic' during mandatory preventive isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Andrés Gaviria-MendozaDanny Alberto Mejía-MazoCarolina Duarte-BlandónJuan Daniel Castrillón-SpitiaManuel Enrique Machado-DuqueLuis Fernando Valladales-RestrepoJorge Enrique Machado-Alba

Published in: Therapeutic advances in drug safety (2022)

People who reported self-medication to prevent COVID-19 often got their information from social networks, the Internet, and WhatsApp. These findings raise the possibility of designing pedagogical strategies on this topic.

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healthcare
coronavirus disease
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adverse drug
mental health
emergency department
social media
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
drug induced