What medicines to store?

[jono.mathew]

I have large stocks of antibiotics and inhalers, anti sickness and a few sleeves of high mg pain killers. Although these will be used as barter items as they will be saught after the most. I even have a full paramedics pack full. I'd probably say this is the area im most stocked up in.

Where did you get the paramedics kit? Can you buy them online? Thanks, J

[soutie]

Myself, I keep a good supply of Various Painkillers, Immodium, Antihistamines, Dressings etc.
One that I don't hear about so often though is Iodene Tincture - an excellent disinfectant/antiseptic, readily available (cheaply) from a certain rainforest named online "store."

What would Iodene Tincture be used for?

it's a wound disinfectant , years ago it was used in surgery , not sure if they still use it .A wound that needs stitches would be swabbed with iodene tinture before stitching . My mother used to put it on grazes ,cuts etc. as kids we called it monkey blood .

She also used purple stuff called gingen violet (spelling ?) which was also good but i can't seem to find it these days

[jono.mathew]

Myself, I keep a good supply of Various Painkillers, Immodium, Antihistamines, Dressings etc.
One that I don't hear about so often though is Iodene Tincture - an excellent disinfectant/antiseptic, readily available (cheaply) from a certain rainforest named online "store."

What would Iodene Tincture be used for?

it's a wound disinfectant , years ago it was used in surgery , not sure if they still use it .A wound that needs stitches would be swabbed with iodene tinture before stitching . My mother used to put it on grazes ,cuts etc. as kids we called it monkey blood .

She also used purple stuff called gingen violet (spelling ?) which was also good but i can't seem to find it these days

Thanks, I will stock it. I have also heard that fresh honey is good to put on cuts/wounds to help avoid infection. You can buy a natural antibiotic which contains bee hive. Not sure if it works though. J

[soutie]

[/quote]Thanks, I will stock it. I have also heard that fresh honey is good to put on cuts/wounds to help avoid infection. You can buy a natural antibiotic which contains bee hive. Not sure if it works though. J[/quote]

i think it's manuka honey you are thinking of , it's very good but expencive .

[Stray]

Also been thinking recently that a packet of celox or quick clot or something similar for big accidents wouldn't go amiss.

[Appin]

Gentian violet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_violet

Tincture of iodine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture_of_iodine

[soutie]

Gentian violet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_violet

Tincture of iodine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture_of_iodine

thanks will be adding both yo my kit . medicine is one of my top priorities when it comes to prepping

[Hamradioop]

http://mistralni.co.uk/products/gentian ... tAodgngApg supplier of Gentian Violet 1% Solution

[SaintJimmy671]

A few weeks ago I discovered a goldmine of old prescriptions and whatnot in the spare room. After checking the dates most of them were OK so I managed to bump the first aid kit up a bit to include:

Shedloads of Ibuprofen & Paracetamol
Diclofenac (sp?) I know some people have a bad reaction to this stuff but it's a v. good painkiller if you're not adverse to it
Tramadol (Not one I'd really recommend but could be very handy if someone had a really bad injury)
Antihistimine tablets (A few different types)
Couple of Beechams sachets (Man-flu is a terrible affliction at the best of times, let alone when you're trying to stop the zombies)
Surgical tape
Scissors
Alcohol wipes
Alcohol hand gel
Those pads you get for placing on burns, can't remember what they're called
Plasters
2x bandages
Eye patch

I'm sure there's some other stuff too, but I'm too tired to remember at the mo. It's all bundled into a tiny wee pouch about the size of a wallet as well. I bought it for about £3 from the rainforest-named online store mentioned earlier and came with most of the stuff I've listed.

[Rusty337]

I have large stocks of antibiotics and inhalers, anti sickness and a few sleeves of high mg pain killers. Although these will be used as barter items as they will be saught after the most. I even have a full paramedics pack full. I'd probably say this is the area im most stocked up in.

Where did you get the paramedics kit? Can you buy them online? Thanks, J

lets just say it fell off the back of a van/ambulance.................