Tag Archives: Chronic (medicine)

How to get your doctor to help you stockpile medicine – Update

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

Since this information was originally published on Survivalblog.com in 2010, Obamacare has brought BIG changes to the health care system. None of these changes have made it any easier to stockpile medicines – in fact, quite the reverse is true. Though I … Continue reading →

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How to Get Your Doctor to Help You Stockpile Medicine

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

The following article was originally published at www.survivalblog.com in September 2010 * * * Picture this: Your doctor enters the room and asks, “How can I help you today?” “I’d like enough medicine to survive the end of the world … Continue reading →

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Expired Medications – Are They Safe? Are They Effective? – Part 2

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

  The following post, originally published at SurvivalBlog.com, includes a few minor corrections and additions regarding bioavailability of  generic medications.  * * *  Expired medications – are they safe?  Are they effective? In Part I of this series, I explained the definition of … Continue reading →

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Medication stockpiling – what the government is doing

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Cynthia J. Koelker, MD

   There’s little sense in my duplicating information that is already out there.   So I’ve been looking around, seeing what the government is doing to stockpile medication.  I had assumed we have national stockpiles, but had never really checked into … Continue reading →

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