Medicina tradicional como tratamiento de la COVID-19 en estudiantes y familiares en una universidad de la sierra del Perú

Prevalence and factors associated with self-medication for COVID-19 prevention using disproven drugs in Peru: a cross-sectional nationwide study

“…10,47 Finally, consumption of drugs to prevent COVID-19 in the jungle and highlands could have been mitigated by the lower presence of health establishments, media, 38,48 and the high value of traditional medicine by the local population. 49 Having a home without a landline, cell phone, TV or internet was associated with a lower probability of taking preventive medications in people without symptoms. The global overload of information about COVID-19, and its management and prevention was considered a major problem for public health, 50 because it exposed people to news with false or erroneous information about methods to prevent COVID-19, 51,52 resulting in potentially dangerous attitudes such as incorrect and excessive use of disinfectants.…”