I believe it’s time to post another Needs List. The first medications listed are the basic medications that we ALWAYS NEED for every team. It should be noted that some of the most common illnesses seen in the Barrios are chronic hypertension, funguses, “gripe” (which can mean cough/cold/snotty nose/fever/flu), vaginal discharge, headaches, over body pain and fatigue, anemia, allergies or rashes, and infections. Please let me know if there are any questions that I can answer…. at neby@solidrockinternational.org.
Needs List:
12000 adult vitamins
12000 children vitamins
10000 prenatal vitamins
1000 folic acid
3000 iron
at least 100 tubes of antifungal creams
hydrocortizone creams
triple antibiotic creams
at least 50 cough syrups (adult AND children)
allergy meds ( benadryl, zyrtec, allegra, etc)
inhalers/MDIs (albuterol, steroids, etc)
cough drops
at least 3000 81 mg ASA
at least 6000-8000 ibuprofen
at least 6000-8000 tylenol
children’s tylenol (80 mg pills AND suspension) **** we actually do NOT need this at this very moment but check in on this before your team arrives
children’s motrin suspension (see ***** for tylenol above)
OTHER pain meds (Meloxicam is EXCELLENT to use here, as is tramadol and naproxen…we could use at least 4000 of each)
GI meds: omneprazole (this is the biggie/the most popular) at least 6000-8000, zantac, pepsid, tums
stool softeners/antinausea medications
BPS meds (maybe 4000-6000 pills of each of the following..these are the most common used BP meds here)
Lisinopril (we have plenty at this moment but check in again before your team begins collecting supplies to arrive)
enalapril
atenolol (50 AND 100 mg)
amlodipine
nifedipine
HCTZ
lasix
simvastin
metoprolol
DM meds: metformin 850
ABX (we have a number of abx here at this moment but check in again before your team begins collecting supplies to arrive)
amox (suspensions, 125 mg, 250mg, 500 mg)
augmentin susp
bactrim
cipro
doxy
cecaflor
clindamycin
keflex
macrobid
levofloxin
flagyl
azithro
Vaginal infections- Diflucan (we have PLENTY at this time but check back when your group is gathering packing supplies to verify), vaginal creams
Antivirals: acyclovir
PEP- we need Combivir and Truvada urgently
Antiparasite meds: Albendazole
All eye and ear drops (antibiotics AND lubricating eye drops)
Gabapentin
Vitamins as addressed above
Tongue depressors/urine dipsticks/urine specimen containers or dixie cups
at least 2000 small plastic medication baggies to distribute your medications
at least 2000 brown paper bags to disperse medications
at least 20 pens/sharpies
Any other specialty medications that your specific doctors prefer to prescribe. 🙂
Blessings!
Nicole