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Emergency Meds: How YOU Can Use Veterinary Drugs In A Crisis
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Many missionaries confronted with staggering levels of infection, disease and illness have pioneered the use of veterinarian medicines to treat human illness and injury. Some have written books outlining the ways they have converted dosages and identifying names of veterinarian medicines that cross over to human conditions.
There is a significant caution with this approach, and that is to make sure that both the correct medicine and correct dosage are used when considering a medicine designed for animals and administered to a human. Most of the literature on this subject offers conversion charts. The Physician’s Desk Reference is also an excellent resource.
The information in this article is only to be used in the event of a natural or man-made emergency, when prescriptions are either not available or no longer being manufactured.
Why Veterinary Meds?
The reason veterinarian resources are sometimes used to treat human conditions is simple: desperate need. In many parts of the world, necessary medicines are either not available, are needed immediately or needed in massive quantities that cannot be satisfied. The result is that many people are at risk unless some treatment is administered, and veterinarian meds are often the only resource available to serve that role.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/extreme-survival/emergency-meds-how-you-can-use-veterinary-drugs-in-a-crisis/
