medications

[Blackhorse26]

After a recent dose of food poisoning I have re-thought what medical supplies should be stored.
We are fortunate in that we have a Doctor in our group, he gave me a prescription.
I became dehydrated in two days but was able to recover in about four days.
I would suggest you have your Doctor write a prescription for nausea and diarrhea.
In a SHTF situation diarrhea can kill you.

[Rob Taylor]

What about over the counter stuff? Does it not work on food poisoning? I've had good luck with it.

[Blackhorse26]

What about over the counter stuff? Does it not work on food poisoning? I've had good luck with it.

Yes it will but the scrpit stuff knocked it out in a half a hour And I was back to normal operating efficency two days after the script.

[Gunfixr]

I've had food poisoning a couple times, and my doctor told me to keep hydrated as best I can and let it run its course to medicinally stop the diaharea or vomiting can trap the poisons in your body, making things worse.

[Scott Skawronska]

Good advice, gunfixr.

Especially since the only med I carry for that sort of thing is loperamide (Imodium). If you've got a clean water source and a solid base camp, stay put and ride it out, keeping hydrated best you can. It will take longer, but you WILL recover.

If you DON'T have a clean water source and solid base camp, your group should go about making one, because that's your infirmary for about the next week or so.

Yes, having a sick person in the group means you're sedentary for a while, which is why being in a group instead of alone is such a good idea for long term SHTF (you won't always be at 100 percent by yourself. With a group, it's less of an issue.)

Even though I will be licensed to administer 101 drugs intravenously (including prescription narcotics), I don't carry ANY of that into the field in my SHTF gear. Instead, I stock up and rotate particular OTC meds that have the desired effects (in the non-prescription dosages in some cases, like Diphenhydramine) and make the best of it that way. Pills keep longer than IV meds, and I don't have to haul around a heavy kit.

So for food poisoning...keep hydrated and as sanitary as you can. Food poisoning is something your body can contend with on its own - medication merely shortens the process. (Which is a good thing, don't get me wrong, but not ABSOLUTELY necessary).

Clean water. A place to sleep. A lot.

S