Originally Posted By: MDinana
How far are you from civilization? Benadryl is only a stop gap for anaphylaxis, so it's overall utility ai would put below bismuth. Folks are likely to get diarrhea, not likely to become anaphylactic (and if they do, oral benadryl is a poor choice for treatment). If it's just for regular allergies, so what if you have a runny nose? This goes back to people bringing their own prescriptions. I would say maybe 5- 10 packs of benadrly and the rest bismuth.

Getting both presents a problem. Since Bismuth Subsalicytate is more important than Diphenhydramine, I will fill the kits with Bismuth Subsalicytate.

Edit: I won't attempt to explain why. The bottom back compartments can't be used to hold medication packets; it can hold alcohol pads. One compartment is for sting relief pads so that leaves eight compartments which hold five packets of medication each. The Bismuth Subsalicytate will replace the five packets of Calcium Carbonate. The kit comes with five packets of Aspirin and five packets of Acetaminophen. I can afford to buy two boxes of medication packets. If the second box I buy is Diphenhydramine, this is what I propose:

Twenty packets of Bismuth Subsalicytate, ten packets of Diphenhydramine, five packets of Aspirin and five packets of Acetaminophen.

An alternative is to skip the Diphenhydramine and buy a box of one of the following: Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen or Aspirin.

Jeanette Isabelle


Edited by Jeanette_Isabelle (07/22/13 02:58 AM)
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