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"MEDICINAL HERPS AND MEDICATIONS MANUFACTURED FOR TREATMENT COVID-19 AND ITS COMPLICATIONS, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A SAMPLE OF PHARMACISTS AND NURSES' IN SAUDI ARABIA".

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Najla Musaed Almutairi, Sauad Abduallah Aloatai, Amal Auoda Alharbi, Moamnah Ghazi Aldusaimani, Rabab Sayed Ezzat, Nawal Musaed Almutairi, Ebtisam Khalwi Althahahi, Mubarak Hassan Almosari, Aziza Ahmed Altharwi, Mashael Meshhen Almutiri
» doi: 10.53555/ecb/2022.11.11.184

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization on March 12, 2020. Natural products and herbal medicine have been used since ancient times to relieve and treat disorders and infections, as well as increase immunity, despite of the beneficial effects of herbal medications; there are many side effects or interactions with other medications or foods that might occur. So, this study aimed to explore the Point of view of a Sample of Pharmacists and Nurses' in Saudi Arabia towards using medicinal herps and medications manufactured for Treatment COVID-19 and its Complication, to achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers conducted an exploratory study on a sample of (200) pharmacists and Nurses' whose working in health centers and hospitals in the city of Riyadh, in addition to reviewing literature and previous studies in this field. The results showed that the study sample believes to a large extent that Saudi citizens take a lot of various nutritional supplements or herbal products to prevent diseases, most notably Covid, pharmacists also saw that some nutritional supplements or medicinal herbs often have a negative impact on the general health of those who take them.

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