Trends in Medication Use Among Young Adults and the Covid‐19 Pandemic Effect
Medication usage patterns can be classified into three classes: medications affected by the pandemic due to the inciting pathogen, disease symptoms, or pandemic social disruption; medications unaffected by the pandemic, affected by global disease trends; and medications with a trend change whose relation to the pandemic is unclear. These findings offer a novel framework for anticipating and managing medication needs in future pandemics.
Authors
- Limor Friedensohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2454-1015)
- Avishai M. Tsur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1564-6395)
- Meital Zur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2963-1610)
- Ilan Matok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1559-9258)
Institutions
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pds.70273
- Primary Topic
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00