What three drugs would you take...

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epinephrine (injection), tetracycline, and aspirin.
 
xanax soma lorcet. it gonna be a par-tay
 
Hmm..

Cepacol, Bisacodyl Suppositories (I'd like to stay lean), and a box of Advair Diskus's to throw and skip in the water.
 
Sparda29 said:
See, I wouldn't take the aspirin because of the chance that there is willow tree on the island.
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lol excuse my ignorance but what does a willow tree have to do with aspirin.

i like it cuz it has anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-platelet, and analgesic properties... thats like four drugs in one
 
MyTalon4U2NV said:
lol excuse my ignorance but what does a willow tree have to do with aspirin.

i like it cuz it has anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory, anti-platelet, and analgesic properties... thats like four drugs in one
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow#Medicine

The leaves and bark of the willow tree have been mentioned in ancient texts from Assyria, Sumer and Egypt as a remedy for aches and fever, and the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates wrote about its medicinal properties in the 5th century BC. Native Americans across the American continent relied on it as a staple of their medical treatments. This is because it contains salicylic acid, the precursor to aspirin.

In 1763 its medicinal properties were observed by the Reverend Edward Stone in England. He notified the Royal Society who published his findings. The active extract of the bark, called salicin, was isolated to its crystalline form in 1828 by Henri Leroux, a French pharmacist, and Raffaele Piria, an Italian chemist, who then succeeded in separating out the acid in its pure state. Salicin is acidic when in a saturated solution in water (pH = 2.4), and is called salicylic acid for that reason.

In 1897 Felix Hoffmann created a synthetically altered version of salicin (in his case derived from the Spiraea plant), which caused less digestive upset than pure salicylic acid. The new drug, formally Acetylsalicylic acid, was named Aspirin by Hoffmann's employer Bayer AG. This gave rise to the hugely important class of drugs known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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http://www.dnr.wi.gov/eek/teacher/invasivesguide/Global Marketplace.pdf
On page 3:
White willow.......Europe
(source of aspirin)
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http://www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal/

Later, scientists found that willow bark contains salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=cmed6&part=A18467
From Table 76-1
Useful herbs: External capsicum (see “Backache” above), sunflower seeds (eat them or grind them with some oil or water and apply to skin), willow bark (“natural aspirin”) tea (avoid if you should not take aspirin, or if on anticoagulants), mountain mint leaf tea (apply the cooked leaves to the skin).
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http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/medbydesign/chapter2.html

The bark of the willow tree contains a substance called salicin, a known antidote to headache and fever since the time of the Greek physician Hippocrates, around 400 B.C. The body converts salicin to an acidic substance called salicylate. Despite its usefulness dating back to ancient times, early records indicate that salicylate wreaked havoc on the stomachs of people who ingested this natural chemical. In the late 1800s, a scientific breakthrough turned willow-derived salicylate into a medicine friendlier to the body. Bayer® scientist Felix Hoffman discovered that adding a chemical tag called an acetyl group to salicylate made the molecule less acidic and a little gentler on the stomach, but the chemical change did not seem to lessen the drug's ability to relieve his father's rheumatism. This molecule, acetylsalicylate, is the aspirin of today.

Aspirin works by blocking the production of messenger molecules called prostaglandins. Because of the many important roles they play in metabolism, prostaglandins are important targets for drugs and are very interesting to pharmacologists. Prostaglandins can help muscles relax and open up blood vessels, they give you a fever when you're infected with bacteria, and they also marshal the immune system by stimulating the process called inflammation. Sunburn, bee stings, tendinitis, and arthritis are just a few examples of painful inflammation caused by the body's release of certain types of prostaglandins in response to an injury.

Aspirin belongs to a diverse group of medicines called NSAIDs, a nickname for the tongue-twisting title nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Other drugs that belong to this large class of medicines include Advil®, Aleve®, and many other popular pain relievers available without a doctor's prescription. All these drugs share aspirin's ability to knock back the production of prostaglandins by blocking an enzyme called cyclooxygenase. Known as COX, this enzyme is a critical driver of the body's metabolism and immune function.
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http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/edufun/book/OceanDrugstore.pdf
On page 1:
Aspirin was first extracted from the willow tree
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All of this talk about the willow tree is all well and good, but you're missing the important point: salicylic acid comes from the tree, not acetylsalicylic acid.

I'm guessing that all of the aspirin-takers here would be bringing it for its cardiovascular protection, and you won't get any of that if you peg your hopes on finding native Salix alba.
 
type b pharmD said:
rofl either this is premium sarcasm or you're a total noob , either way hilarious!
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This is the first time I've heard of different levels of sarcasm :laugh:

But yeah, I would change my answer from aspirin to metoprolol succinate if I knew there were going to be willow trees.
 
For the sake of antimicrobial stewardship I refuse to allow your sole antibiotic to be a carbepenem.
 
i must say... i take the crown for sarcasm amongst my friends lol... i just wasnt picturing willow trees on this deserted island that we speak of
 
antibiotics: broad spectrum
antidotes to snake venoms
 
MyTalon4U2NV said:
btw... OP, was that an interview question you had?! 😉
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I have had two interviews and haven't had the question yet. It is on a sheet that a friend gave me to prepare for. I am thinking Bactrim, Levaquin, and Morphine. This island better have trees or shady areas if I take these antibiotics though.
 
Fatpharm said:
I have had two interviews and haven't had the question yet. It is on a sheet that a friend gave me to prepare for. I am thinking Bactrim, Levaquin, and Morphine. This island better have trees or shady areas if I take these antibiotics though.
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The guy that said multivitamin was spot on. Think about it - in the long run you'd be majorly screwed without one of the essential amino acids or vitamins. Either you'll go blind, develop some skin condition, mental impairement or some rare horrendous disease since your island diet most likely won't be supplying you with everything you need.
 
Beer, wine, and liquor.

You didn't say they have to be pills.
 
Vitamins 👍

Isn't tygacil only IV? Not sure I'd want a peripheral/central line while living on this island...
 
iFarm said:
Isn't tygacil only IV? Not sure I'd want a peripheral/central line while living on this island...
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Then I suppose Infectious Disease will have to approve all my requests for (IM) meropenem. :meanie:

If I'm not going to use the tigecycline I want my Flonase back.
 
crazybob said:
But yeah, I would change my answer from aspirin to metoprolol succinate if I knew there were going to be willow trees.
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Metoprolol? What's going to raise your BP on a deserted island?

Assuming this is a fairly large island with a wide variety of flora, there's bound to be at least one plant that can work as a vermifuge, one that's a styptic, one cathartic (probably the least of my worries), and something for upper respiratory junk.

So: Multivitamin, epinephrine, and good quality ethanol (topical antiseptic, analgesic, cardioprotectant, water purifier, and can be used to extract other drugs I find on the island).
 
aspirin, penicillin, and multi- vitamins.
 
antibiotic, mj seeds, morphine for pulling my rotten teeth
 
I don't know if cardiovascular system drugs would be important on an island. Chances are, you're going to be doing a lot of physical activity, eating healthy food, which should improve cardio health by itself. No use in bringing drugs for chronic conditions.
 
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I'll bring some nutritional bars, too, since they're fortified with vitamins.
 
I would think a multivitamin needs to be one for sure. PCN seems good and I love the idea of ethanol 😀
 
1) Proair - My dang asthma requires me to choose this instead of something potentially much cooler

2) Oxycodone

3) Valium

(Lifetime supply of each, of course; I don't know how long I'll be stranded on said island) Might as well be inebriated if you're gonna be stuck on an island with nothing else to do.
 
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