关于预防COVID-19感染的补充和替代药物的观点
Apurva Agrawal1, Ashish Sharma2, Medha Mathur3
1Department of Pharmacology, RNT Medical College, Rajasthan University of Health Science, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
概括
印度许多人使用补充和替代药物 (CAM) 预防COVID-19,经常自我治疗. 对CAM副作用和相互作用的认识至关重要.
科学领域:
- 综合医学是一个整体的医学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物监督 药物监督 药物监督
背景情况:
- 全球对补充和替代药物 (CAM) 越来越感兴趣,以预防冠状病毒疾病 (COVID-19).
- 对CAM使用模式和印度COVID-19预防的相关信念的有限理解.
研究的目的:
- 评估CAM在印度用于预防COVID-19的使用程度.
- 探索公众对CAM的信仰和态度,以预防COVID-19.
主要方法:
- 通过社交媒体分发的在线问卷以收集关于CAM使用的数据.
- 对人口统计细节,CAM偏好,制剂,感知有效性和信息来源的分析.
主要成果:
- 66.9%的受访者利用CAM进行COVID-19预防;使用情况因年龄,性别和职业而异.
- 通常使用的CAM包括"Kadha",阿育吠陀药物, chyavanprash,giloy 和 tulsi.
- 观察到自制药 (46.9%) 和偏好CAM而不是全方位治疗 (52.3%) 的高患病率.
结论:
- 补充和替代药物用于预防COVID-19在印度很普遍,自我治疗的趋势很明显.
- 公众对传统医药的信任很高,原因是缺乏针对COVID-19的确定的常规治疗方法.
- 迫切需要提高公众对CAM自我治疗相关的潜在副作用和药物相互作用的认识.
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