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  • Why we need to stockpile medications,

    even if you don't believe there will be a complete breakdown of society.



    The Greeks are having problems getting medications as simple as aspirin!

  • #2
    Workin on it as fast as I can!!!!
    Knowledge is Power, Practiced Knowledge is Strength, Tested Knowledge is Confidence

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    • #3
      A good rapport with your physician can go a long way in this.
      "It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark"

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      • #4
        Stocking what we can. The really good meds are hard to come by.

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        • #5
          We are fortunate to have MDs in our group so we can get generics prescribed that can be filled 90 at a time at places like Walmart for $10. you can build up a two year supply in no time. It is expected that this is part of our preps. Having someone sick is not an option. Each person keeps on hand at least 1000 aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, and other over the counter drugs in generic form. Most of our folks keep at least 2000 of each. You use them on as first in first out basis. I met today with four members of our group to look at revisions to our plans. We had two members come down with cancer in the last 3 months. that is something you only think you can prepare for. You can only stock so many drugs and then you get hit with what do you do about the exotic stuff needed to fight cancers. The truth is you do your best and that is about all you can do. GB

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Grinnan Barrett View Post
            We are fortunate to have MDs in our group so we can get generics prescribed that can be filled 90 at a time at places like Walmart for $10. you can build up a two year supply in no time. It is expected that this is part of our preps. Having someone sick is not an option. Each person keeps on hand at least 1000 aspirin, Tylenol, Advil, and other over the counter drugs in generic form. Most of our folks keep at least 2000 of each. You use them on as first in first out basis. I met today with four members of our group to look at revisions to our plans. We had two members come down with cancer in the last 3 months. that is something you only think you can prepare for. You can only stock so many drugs and then you get hit with what do you do about the exotic stuff needed to fight cancers. The truth is you do your best and that is about all you can do. GB
            GB how long does asprin etc last?
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            • #7
              I'm not GB, but according to an article (I think it was on survivalblog.com) written by a prepper doctor, most medications don't go bad when they are outdated. Some lose some or all of their potentcy over time, but most are fine to take - even years later. One of the exceptions to that rule is tetracyclines and doxycycline - they become very toxic.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by MustangGal View Post
                I'm not GB, but according to an article (I think it was on survivalblog.com) written by a prepper doctor, most medications don't go bad when they are outdated. Some lose some or all of their potentcy over time, but most are fine to take - even years later. One of the exceptions to that rule is tetracyclines and doxycycline - they become very toxic.
                Yep, i'm aware of that study but i thought it was mostly done on antibiotics. Just wasnt sure, we were discussing it as we found a bottle of asprin (500 tablets) that was a few years of of date and I wasnt sure what to do with it.
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                • #9
                  When I worked at the vet clinic, we used expired medications on our own animals all the time. The vet couldn't/wouldn't sell them, but had no problem using them on his own pets or allowing us to have them to use on our animals. Since they were expired, they were free. He wouldn't sell them.

                  My "medical" training is limited to the veterinary field, so maybe some of the people medical folks can chime in....

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                  • #10
                    It's my understanding that aspirin is fine to take as long as it does NOT smell like vinegar - that signifies it is deteriorating and not good to use. Moisture and heat are THE nasties in degrading medications with a few exceptions, nitroglycerine tabs being a big exception. Nitro starts degrading as soon as the container is opened and goes downhill fast, like in a few months. Otherwise, I have been told by a few MD's that if capsules, tablets, powders are vacuum packed and kept in a freezer they are good to go for 10+ years and the aging process does not start until they are taken out of the freezer/packs and left out. Just what I know and how I do it.

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                    • #11
                      Thanks!! This answers alot. I've used alot of expired stuff and worked for a vet for several years myself when I was a teen and we took care of ourselves while there too. Just didnt know on the asprin
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                      • #12
                        I worked in the animal medicine field for several years, and have now been in human medicine for several years and a majority of medications cross over between the two. If you have a sympathetic physician that is always a bonus, but there are other ways to get medications. A lot of medications labeled for fish are exactly the same as you would get from a pharmacy. Good medications to have on hand are broad spectrum antibiotics(cephalexin), antifungal(ketoconazole), and gastrointestinal medications such as metronidazole/flagel in case you have to use untreated water in a pinch. And of course a good supply of ibuprofen and asprin as anti-inflammatories. Asprin has several uses, but should be taken with care orally. A majority of medicaions are light/oxygen reactive, so if you keep them in an sealed opaque jar with O2 absorbers, they have a fairly long shelf life. Temperature is also a a factor with shelf life, so in the south you may have to keep them in a root cellar, bury them, or keep them in a flowing stream to regulate temp.

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                        • #13
                          My understanding is that most medications far outlive their exp. dates by years except for many of the liquid meds.
                          Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.

                          Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004)

                          JOSEPH WAS A PREPPER!
                          NOAH WAS A PREPPER!
                          I'M A PREPPER TOO!

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                          • #14
                            Having meds on hand is important. Finding a DR. that is willing to help a cuzin' out, is getting harder everyday. I am in need of a few meds that are very improtant, not pain meds or any abusables. Still can't seem to get a Dr. to go out on a limb for them.
                            Do the right thing, because it is the right thing to do!

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                            • #15
                              BioG8r, go to alldaychemist.com and order what you want, in any amount you want, no prescription needed. The company is reliable and honest, folks all over the U.S. use them to stock up and for meds they need to be taking now cause the meds are soooo much cheaper there for the identical product sold here in the U.S. at huge prices.

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