Introduction:

the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan, China, in 2019, brought serious physical and psychological complications and even caused death. It is important to conduct a study in nursing students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Santo Domingo Campus, about the management of this disease in terms of its pharmacological profile.

Objective:

the purpose of this study was to determine the under-dosage of drugs used during the COVID-19 pandemic in students of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo in order to have an overview of the different pharmacological treatments.

Methods:

a cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out in a study population of 615 students belonging to the School of Nursing of the Pontifical Catholic University of Santo Domingo, evaluated by means of a digital survey using stratified sampling.

Results:

a sample of 238 students, with the greatest participation of the female gender, between 21 and 25 years of age, was used. The diagnostic tests to prove infection were the polymerase chain reaction and other measures taken. Participants reported symptoms such as loss of smell (12.16%), fever (11.81%) and tiredness (11.70%). The most frequently used drugs were paracetamol (32.79%) and azithromycin (15.78) administered according to the efficacy of the medical prescription (69.79%).

Conclusions:

the most commonly used drugs were paracetamol and azithromycin; there was no abuse in the use of medications, most of which were administered according to the physician's indications.

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