Background: Self-medication is a common practice in Bangladesh as it provides a low-cost
alternative for people, which involves inappropriate and injudicious use of medicines treat …

Background: The anxiety caused by the emergence of the novel coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) globally has made many Nigerians resort to self-medication for purported …

Background Self-medication plays a key role in public health as it influences both negatively
and positively on the health of individuals and the existing healthcare systems. This is …

Introduction Since the COVID-19 pandemic, self-medication had become highly popular due
to the risk of virus infection and overwhelming medical resources. Pharmacists are well …

Background The lack of definitive cure for COVID‐19 and the late introduction of a vaccine
were responsible to push the general public to look for a remedy to treat or prevent COVID …

Heerfordt, C., Heerfordt, IM, 2020. Has there been an increased interest in smoking
cessation during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic? A Google Trends study. Public …

Background Self-medication association with an ongoing pandemic is evident in the studies
conducted throughout the world. To summarize the findings of previous papers, we carried …

Background The exposure of health care professionals (HCP) to patients with coronavirus
disease-2019 (COVID-19) in the course of performing their professional duties may expose …

Background and Objectives During the pandemic, the growing influence of social media,
accessibility of over-the-counter medications, and fear of contracting the virus may have led …

Objective: After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) a pandemic, intense efforts to combat the novel coronavirus were undertaken …