Vol. 9, Issue 12, Part C (2023)

Introduction: Coronavirus disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus -2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread rapidly all over the world. There is currently no established consensus on the standard of care in the pharmacological treatment of COVID-19 patients. However, homoeopathic medicine Arsenicum album 30 do have a prophylactic role in preventing COVID-19 even among the primary contacts and may help in reducing the disease severity and economic burden associated with the pandemic.

Aim: The study intends to investigate the association between the use of homoeopathic medicine Arsenicum album 30 and the occurrence of COVID-19 among the primary contacts and to explore the association between the use of homoeopathic medicine Arsenicum album 30 and the duration and severity of illness among the primary contacts in the study group who became COVID -19 test positive based on medication compliance.

Materials and Methods: The study participants were assessed by using twelve item structured questionnaire based on the data collection protocol issued by AYUSH ministry.

Results: A total of 1976 primary contacts of different age group and both genders were assessed for proportion of COVID-19 positives as well as duration and severity of illness based on the compliance for medications. The compliance was good in 84.31% and poor in 15.69% of the subjects with 28% testing COVID-19 positive in medication adherent group and 56% testing COVID-19 positive in medication non-adherent group.

Conclusion: The level of prophylactic effect of the homoeopathic medicine Arsenicum album 30 positively correlated with the medication compliance of the study subjects and that it is effective in preventing the disease among the medication compliant primary /exposed contacts.