Analysis of internet trends related to medications for COVID-19 in ten countries with the highest number of cases

During the last months, the pandemic generated by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 moved governments, research groups and health organizations to plan, test and execute health policies. At the beginning, the treatment was not clear but in the next months, research groups have conducted studies to recommend or ban some medicines. At the same time, countries with most cases were changing from Asia, Europe to America. Different treatments and medications have been tested and recommended in many countries, such as Hydroxycloroquine, Ivermectin, Azithromycin, Dexamethasone, Prednisone, Remdesivir. This paper is a preliminary study about which medications people are searching on the Internet, considering ten countries with most cases in the world such as Chile, Spain, United Kingdom, Brazil, United States, India, Russia, South Africa, Peru and Mexico.