Use of allopathic and complementary medicine for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in Mexican adults: A national survey.

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of allopathic and complementary medicine use for preventing the infection with SARS-CoV-2 in Mexico. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted using an online questionnaire among general adult population (n = 16,724) of the 32 Mexican states from March to November 2020.

Methods: The factors associated with the use, self-medication practice, and adverse reactions due the consumption of allopathic and complementary medicine to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus were assessed using a structured questionnaire.

Self-treatment and adverse reactions with herbal products for treating symptoms associated with anxiety and depression in adults from the central-western region of Mexico during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: There are plant species used in the Mexican traditional medicine for the empirical treatment of anxiety and depression.

Aim Of The Study: This work assessed the prevalence of self-medication with medicinal plants and the prevalence of the concomitant use of prescribed psychiatric drugs and medicinal plants for treating symptoms associated with anxiety and depression during the Covid-19 lockdown in Mexico.

Materials And Methods: The suspected adverse reactions associated with drug-herb interactions were assessed.