Category Archives: Over-the-counter meds

Fish Antibiotics – Where to Start: Cephalexin

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

If you’ve given up on getting your doctor to prescribe extra antibiotics for stockpiling or perhaps merely want to supplement your limited stores, you may be considering the “fish antibiotic” route. This series of articles in aimed at discussing the … Continue reading →

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Week 29 – Question of the Week: Fish Antibiotics – Where to start?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Week 29: 2012-04-19 (non-consecutive weeks) I’ve been so busy with work, taxes, and the recent Clinical Skills Workshop that I haven’t posted a Question of the Week in months, I see. Here’s one for both medical professionals and serious preppers:  … Continue reading →

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Good News for Asthma and COPD Patients

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

What will you do if you need a nebulizer treatment and the electricity is off? And you have no generator? And you have no battery-powered nebulizer?  And you’re too short of breath to use your hand-held albuterol properly? Many asthmatics … Continue reading →

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Armageddon Medicine – What’s in the book?

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

THE NEXT-BEST THING TO HAVING YOUR OWN DOCTOR! DO YOU NEED THIS BOOK?

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Armageddon Medicine – filling the gap on the prepper’s bookshelf

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Armageddon Medicine – is this training manual for you? Here’s a thoughtful review from Peter Farmer, who holds advanced degrees in research biology and history, and who is also an RN and EMT. * * * Review: Armageddon Medicine: How … Continue reading →

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Making the most of OTC meds – ranitidine (Zantac)

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

If you’ve ever seen a patient bleed out from an ulcer, you’ll recognize ranitidine as a potentially life-saving drug. The same could be said of other acid-reducing over-the-counter medications, including Tagamet, Axid, Pepcid, Prilosec, and Prevacid – all if which … Continue reading →

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Making the most of OTC meds – ibuprofen

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Ibuprofen is one of the first prescription drugs that moved to over-the-counter status approximately 25 years ago, the prescription drug being released about 10 years prior to that. In the USA, OTC ibuprofen is most commonly found in the 200 … Continue reading →

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Making the most of OTC meds – meclizine

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

This article begins a series on making the most of over-the-counter drugs. Usually medical questions begin with, “I have such and such a problem – what can I do for it?” Today’s approach takes the opposite tack. With a limited … Continue reading →

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Where to begin?

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Where to begin? As this blog develops, specific advice on relevant topics will be added on a regular basis.  If you have comments or questions on a particular aspect of health care, please enter them below.              In the meantime, start … Continue reading →

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Kidney stones and the end of the world

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

  A kidney stone:  don’t tell me it’s not the end of the world.  Sure, I’m better today, but yesterday I was dying.  At least it felt like it.  I hadn’t had pain like that since my son was born 17 … Continue reading →

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