I am trying to continue to put together my medical supplies. A friend in the military directed me to Chinhook medical supplies which has been really helpful. I was wondering how others who have been preparing a lot longer than me have handled acquiring local antithestics and antibiotics.
In preparing for possible scenarios do any of you have thoughts on topical pain meds for minor surgical procedures [Cut that requires stiches]? What are you acquiring for these situations?
What about antibiotics like CIPRO?
Thank you in advance for your help. This board has been a source of encouragement the past seven months that I am not being unreasonable in my preperations as others have acted like I am being a little too "intense" or "over-reacting".
be careful.. i mean very careful with antibiotics like CIPRO, when they go bad they become toxic and can kill you if you use it. I tend to believe it is easier to stock the components needed to make some antithestics than to get it. look at a few books on how to make it, including antibiotics.
Do your homework. In the past a small number of antibiotics became toxic after time. It doesn't happen anymore, but they do lose potency.
Read read read. The answers are out there, but keeping a small stock pile of life saving drugs is a GREAT idea.
I store Bactrim, tetracycline, Pennicillin in several forms, lidocaine, atropine, epinephrin and a few others. I store them in a cool dark place and expect they will be viable for many years.
I know that I am no surgeon (no formal medical training). So I believe that I just may make a wound worse by doing more than first aid with bandages. Pulling out a splinter, or treating a cut sure, but no way I'm going after a bullet. If we get a serious cut, will treat it with wound closures (butterflies), neosporin, and bandages. Then will find someone qualified to do stitches. I am still trying to find a doctor or nurse in the neighborhood.
Let me ask all the armchair docs here:
What does ciprofloxacin cover? What organisms? What types of wounds are prone to those organisms? Does it cover staph epidermitis? What percentage of staph aureus does it cover? Does it cover MRSA? How is it dosed per day? How is it dosed in kids? How long do you take it for? How is it dosed in a diabetic with renal compromise? What other medications cause severe or potentially fatal reactions with when taken in conjunction with it? What medications will cipro increase or decrease the potency of? What are the most common side effects? What are the signs and symptoms of those toxic effects?
Do some research around Veterinarian medicines and see if they fit what you need. lot of different antibiotics are available through Amazon & Ebay for a variety of applications for fish and livestock. For the most part these are identical to what you get from your pharmacy except that a prescription isn't needed. Search the board and you'll find numerous threads & posts on the subject. Read what you can find to determine what you need as far as narrow spectrum & wide spectrum antibiotics and know the doses, and length off time they need to be taken to prevent you from creating mutations of ailments.
And if you're going to play doctor, get you a PDR, Physicians Desk Reference from a Thrift or Resale shop. It lists all drugs available for doctors to prescribe along w/ how the drug should be used, how much, what the side effects are, when the drug shouldn't be used, etc.
My first stockpile of Cipro and Augmentin came from Mexico. I live across the border so I went over and picked up a bunch. No biggy. It's just such a hassle to deal with the border that I mail order it from vetrinary suppliers now. They have quite an assortment of useful medications.
There are also offshore pharmacies that will send you literally anything. Pain killers, tranquilizers, etc.
Lidocaine is very good to have on hand. You can use Anbesol or Orajel if you can't get straight lidocaine. They both contain lidocaine - benzocaine and have antiseptics in them as well.
I'm not so sure about antibiotics. I thought about stocking up on them too but that is something that can do more harm than good if not used properly.
Tetracycline is the one that becomes toxic relatively quickly. Cipro, Amoxicillin, Erythromycin,Cephlexin, and Flagyl are easily obtained from vet supplies as Fish Antibiotics. Many are available in various dosages. Keep notes on the dosage you or family are prescribed. Study on Web MD and other sights. Talk to your family doctor. Study the Ship Captain's book for dosages and uses. Get familiar with when and if to use them and stock now before the door closes on availability.
Good Luck.
Tetracycline becoming toxic is an Internet fallacy that just won't die. When it was first introduced for general use in the early '60s it did break down to a toxic product. This was quickly remedied and by the mid '60s was reintroduced as a safely storable antibiotic that would eventually break down into citric acid.
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