Painkiller storage

[Devonian]

Nope, I don't do running these days either, unless.........

[lonewolf]

unless you walk into a field that has a sign on the gate "beware of the bull"!!

[rik_uk3]

TBH I'm not stocking much in the way of pills and stuff, I keep a plastic tub of painkillers just in case but don't use them much, I've got about 6-8 weeks of blood pressure tablets-could eek them out if push came to shove- and a couple of ventalin inhalers lying around(haven't had an asthma attack for about 8 years now), once their all used up that's it, nothing I couldn't live without, once TSHTF a different diet and a different more physical lifestyle will make all the difference.

Change your lifestyle now then? If your obese that will make your lungs work harder, your heart work harder and loosing weight may well reduce your blood pressure (more than likely will). I now have COPD but monitor my weight and diet to help keep my BP and cholesterol levels down to a good level without medication. 20Kg overweight and your walking around all day with a full and heavy rucksack on your back.

Given the now known facts about the true life span of many medications they could well form the basis of a very good trade in the future. A handful of painkillers (or a sack of rice) will be worth far more than their weight in diamonds or gold come something bad happening...diamonds won't stop your tooth ache, gold (or silver) won't be worth a kilo of rice when food runs out for many.

Food for thought perhaps Lonewolf.

[Dlglgraham]

Yeah. That was exactly my thoughts. I never use painkillers or any other medication but know lots of people do and trade could be expected?!

[lonewolf]

I never said I was obese, I've lost nearly 3 stone lately and walk a minimum of 3 miles each day, but I was actually referring to us ALL when I said post SHTF we will all be living a more physical lifestyle than we do currently(lets face it MOST jobs-unless you work in agriculture or construction-are pretty sedentary these days) and by adapting to that more physical lifestyle a lot of the lesser medical conditions will become more manageable.

[rik_uk3]

I never said I was obese, I've lost nearly 3 stone lately and walk a minimum of 3 miles each day, but I was actually referring to us ALL when I said post SHTF we will all be living a more physical lifestyle than we do currently(lets face it MOST jobs-unless you work in agriculture or construction-are pretty sedentary these days) and by adapting to that more physical lifestyle a lot of the lesser medical conditions will become more manageable.

It depends what medical conditions you mean?

That annoying little pain you get in your back or knees from time to time now could be made much worse, Asthma could be made worse to the point of being very dangerous, hay fever could be a nightmare for some.

[lonewolf]

oh come on now, isn't it a fact that with all these sedentary jobs these days the workforce has become more and more unhealthy, I'm just saying with a post SHTF more physical lifestyle lots of people would lose weight, get fitter and be in better physical shape than they had ever been, with exercise those aches and pains that we all get would be a thing of the past, I know my back is much better for having walked 3 miles every day than if I'd just sat on my backside and done nothing, it'll be a case of use it or lose(the use of) it.

[FEISTY]

Having a family I've always kept a well-stocked medicine box, but end up throwing unused stuff away every so often. We're a pretty healthy family and don't use stuff often, except when we catch a cold. One of my kids, though, has had mild asthma, except I can't remember when he last used his inhaler - I think he's growing out of it like his Dad did. He is allergic to peanuts though and the Epi-pens don't keep for long and keep having to be replaced. He does go into anaphylactic shock and it is life-threatening. Any doctors out there who can tell me what to do if he accidentally comes into contact with peanuts post SHTF. This would, of course, be after the Epi-pens had gone out of date (the liquid changes colour, sometimes before the UB date) and I doubt the hospital would be open by that point. It's hard enough keeping track of them as it is (the school has two, one is carried for emergency in their schoolbag and they get left in one or other of the cars, or, worse, left at many of the activities my kids do every week) . Feel bad asking for so many, especially because the vast majority of them will never be used. I'm trained in First Response, but I know how useless that will be without ambulance/hospital backup. Just realised this may have gone off-topic - sorry. I was thinking along the lines of medication, rather than painkillers.

[lonewolf]

all medication would have a time limit, I know after TSHTF we could still use them but eventually they would lose any effectiveness. I suspect all the chemists vets and doctors surgeries will be trashed fairly quickly by all the druggies post collapse, so a stockpile of any medications would be in order, not so easy in some places I know, our GP's surgery is very tight on repeat prescriptions and its difficult to get any kind of stockpile apart from a month maybe 6 weeks, after that's gone that's it for me, I'd have to go without and resort to natural remedies.

[preppingsu]

Having a family I've always kept a well-stocked medicine box, but end up throwing unused stuff away every so often. We're a pretty healthy family and don't use stuff often, except when we catch a cold. One of my kids, though, has had mild asthma, except I can't remember when he last used his inhaler - I think he's growing out of it like his Dad did. He is allergic to peanuts though and the Epi-pens don't keep for long and keep having to be replaced. He does go into anaphylactic shock and it is life-threatening. Any doctors out there who can tell me what to do if he accidentally comes into contact with peanuts post SHTF. This would, of course, be after the Epi-pens had gone out of date (the liquid changes colour, sometimes before the UB date) and I doubt the hospital would be open by that point. It's hard enough keeping track of them as it is (the school has two, one is carried for emergency in their schoolbag and they get left in one or other of the cars, or, worse, left at many of the activities my kids do every week) . Feel bad asking for so many, especially because the vast majority of them will never be used. I'm trained in First Response, but I know how useless that will be without ambulance/hospital backup. Just realised this may have gone off-topic - sorry. I was thinking along the lines of medication, rather than painkillers.

Seeing as we import peanuts to the UK then if tshtf then we wouldn't have any being imported. Eventually supplies would run out. So then there wouldn't be a problem.
There has also been recent research being conducted on 'curing' peanut allergy (but I couldn't find a link - sorry!)