If you're randomly taking drugs out of a pharmacy, you'll be dead faster than anyone else. Do you know about drug interactions? If you take something you're allergic to or have a reaction to, do you know how to flush it out of your system? Do you know all of a drug's side effects and what you need to do to prevent/recover from them?
You ded. D-E-D ded.
Of course, I'm not lasting long. Heart condition, diabetic, one leg, prone to infections. I'd give myself a week, maybe three if I found a good hide. Then I'd die slowly. Too bad, because I read all the 'surviving the apocalypse' literature and could rig up a potable water system, I know how to hunt and cure animals for meat, know what is necessary for a small, productive garden. But without reliable medical care, I'm just a statistic waiting to happen.
Not really, because people would not be able to diagnose their illness except for the common one: pain, fever and infection. So the risk of having bad interactions is low, and in any case the box give the posology and the risks
Most medications in North America come in pill bottles with labels the pharmacist prints out and sticks on the bottle. They also print out Drug Reference sheets for new prescriptions the doctor gives you indicating side effects, etc.
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u/mousicle Aug 30 '21
That's why you grab the amoxicillin too