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At the risk of going full doomsday mode (and besides stockpiling on food and masks) - lets say pandemic happens and some useful meds/vitamins do go out of stock
by velcro 7y ago
At the risk of going full doomsday mode (and besides stockpiling on food and masks) - lets say pandemic happens and some useful meds/vitamins do go out of stock - is there any advice what those are i.e. what kind of meds/vitamins would be practical to buy right now to help fight/slow COVID-19/infection in the future?
- iforgotpassword 7y agoNo, just food and meds for fever. I'm actually concerned there will be a shortage of food just because everybody is stocking up at a sudden panic, not necessarily because we actually end up with a huge pandemic (which might or might not happen at a later point in time). So for the first time in my life I'm thinking about actually doing this.
- friendly_fren 7y agoFish antibiotics
- dijksterhuis 7y agoAntibiotics do not protect against viruses. This is a viral infection, not a bacterial one.
- jacquesm 7y agoIt would be funny if it weren't sad.
- solnyshok 7y agowhen stocking up on meds, I would certainly include antibiotics (need prescription in my country). just as water and food do not fight coronavirus, antibiotics is simply a BFG one needs to have around against simpler infections when hospitals are overloaded and supply systems halt.
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- hu3 7y agoI'm also interested in what drugs are commonly used on COVID-19 positive individuals.
- el_cujo 7y agoI don't think anything is known to help in treating/curing right now, I'd guess most of the relevant medicine is just to treat the symptoms while you ride it out. Stuff like fever reducers (ibuprofen) or something to relieve the respiratory symptoms (dayquil/nose spray).