Hello all, I am a recent convert to EOTWAWKI planning and I also am a pharmacy owner. I recently helped my dad prepare a set up with about 1 year supply of dry food, lots of bottled water, ammo, and as much Lipitor as he could afford, along with some antibiotics.

Based on what I have read in Captain Daves material he recommends to have a Cipro type supply and a tetracycline supply. Is there anything else anyone would recommend?

I made up a little web page for my store at www.myhomepharm.com that has those two available, but I don't know what else would make sense.

We have Cipro for the heavy stuff (anthrax etc...) and Doxycycline (a tetracycline) for every day stuff, which is also very good for many tick transmitted problems for outdoorsmen.

Please let me know if that is at all useful and if there is anything else that would make sense. Thanks for any feedback!

I have a concern. Two, actually:
1) I wish you had elicited responses without a link to your commercial web site. All you had to do was mention the drugs in question. Or, search this website.
2)Do you actually have a doctor who will authorize you to dispense these drugs without knowing or even seeing the patient? Isn't that a problem?

....not trying to flame, but I did wonder.

I gave permisssion for the post after receiving a polite email asking permission. Again, one time postings about related services pertinent to the site are allowed. We have many friends online who make or market products for our interest. Theres spam and then theres steak. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The different meds that are available are great! Thank you for the link.

I have a freind who just went to Italy for 3 weeks and her father, a Doctor, gave her a bag of stuff to keep her and her sisters safe as they went. It included Cipro, which is also good for things that cause Montezumas Revenge, some Diflucan, because things just HAPPEN to women on occation, and some antibiotic eye drops(at least one of them have contacts). They used all three of those, plus a few others when one of them came down with strep while on the train to Bologna.
I would suggest having antifungals and stuff for yeast infections available, too. There are a few contractable forms that can be deadly if you do not treat them right away. Otherwise, it was a nice site to know exists.

Rena

Has nothing to do with chemical warfare, but here are a few suggestions from "Where There Is No Doctor", available from The Hesperian Foundation:

Penicillin, 250 mg tablets
Co-trimoxazole 400mg with trimethoprim, 80 mg
Ampicillin, 250 mg capsules
Mebendazole 100mg tablets
Lindane 20gm
Promethazine 25 mg
Antibiotic eye ointment
Penicillin, injectable, 600 000 u per ml
Ampicillin, injectable, 250 mg ampules
Streptomycin, 1gm vials
Tetracycline, 250 mg
Metronidiazole 250 mg
Ergonovine, 0.2 mg
tetanus antitoxin, 50 000 u., lyophilized

What do all of those do? I recognise some, but what do they actualy fight and are these the standard names?

Rena, the easilly confused. <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

What are the requirements or restrictions on carrying this stuff with you in the United States?

Bountyhunter

Okay, the stuff is out there, & my doctor would probably give me a prescription forstuff if I explained why I wanted it.

BUT...and this is rather a big "BUT": Antibiotics aren't like jelly beans; the correct type in the correct dose must be taken for a specific period of time to do the required job. Even if a person's doctor is willing to write a prescription, are they going to be willing to take the time to give these explanations, preferably in writing?

Do people know that if they don't complete a prescription as directed, the bacteria that remains in the body will be producing offspring that will be resistant to that antibiotic?

Do they know that many conditions do not require antibiotics?

Also, people may tend to take the strongest antibiotic for a minor ailment, which leaves them (or a doctor) with no "big guns" for a really major problem.

While it would be nice to have the stuff on hand, we would all need specific information on the When, Why, How much, & When Not for all of it.

AND, what is the REAL expiration dates of this stuff? By law, the medical profession has to put an expiration date on it, which is often a year from the prescription date. But I find it hard to believe that all medications have a built-in self-destruct in 365 days.

'Pup

It's called a prescription <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> It is not unusual to stock a few prescribed items in a medical kit for potential emergencies. Some of the kit makers reviewed by Doug actually do M.D. consultations with users to determine possible needs "Where There Is No Doctor." Remember too, modern electronic communications may put us in touch with a M.D. in Anchorage while camping with a medical emergency, and a major urban emergency may find some resources temporarilly exausted.

As a medical professional, I think this is just a BAD idea.
If you want to keep antibiotics or painkillers in your kit, talk it over with your doctor, and they can write a prescription for you.
I'm not buying possibly counterfeit or expired medications over the internet, sorry.