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What are 'must haves' in your medicine chest

18 years ago

The only thing in mine right now is some Exedrin PM and, I think, some band aids

I'm going to pick up some Vicks and Nyquil today

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glenda_al
18 years ago
Nose spray!
maryanntx
18 years ago
aspirin & bandaids
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lydia1959
18 years ago
Midol and Darvocet (for those PMS symptoms).
pawsitive_gw
18 years ago
"boo boo juice" (antibiotic cream), bandaids, lots and lots of bandaids, excedrin, ibupropen, ricolla lozenges, tweezers, cortisone cream, benadryl. I live with a 10 year old grandson and a husband who does construction. I NEVER get hurt (HA!!), just upset the yellow jackets A LOT. Did you know toothpaste is great on wasp stings but it must be a fluoride toothpaste, takes the pain right out, then I follow up with a benadryl. Then I stomp my way back to the garden, muttering under my breath.
lydia1959
18 years ago
Toothpaste is good for chigger bites too! I don't know how much money I wasted on anti-itch stuff before I tried the toothpaste.
mtnwomanbc
18 years ago
Aspirin
Ibuprofen
Benadryl (also serves as a nighttiime sleep aid)
Vicks vaporub
Alcohol
Bandaids
Antibacterial ointment
Cortisone cream
Tiger balm
Q-tips

I know I have lots of other stuff, but these are the essentials.
itsmesuzq
18 years ago
Nightcream
Cleansing cream
Toothpaste
Deoderant
Dental Floss & bridge cleaners

I have an entire shelf in a storage closet outside the restroom for all the ointments, meds, bandaids etc.

~Susan
azzalea
18 years ago
Neosporin, bandaids, Delsym, Emetrol, Motrin, rubbing alcohol, peroxide, mineral ice.

Think that's about it.
Indy_Anna
18 years ago
Adult tylenol, children's tylenol, children's motrin, delsym, ear thermometer, mouth thermometer, floss, chapstick, nail clippers, Bandaid wash (no hurt!), bandaids, neosporin.

The there are the "extras" of some prescriptions saving for "just in case", a few narcotics, diflucan for yeast infections, a round of antibiotics to take on vacation, etc.
ntt_hou
18 years ago
Bandaids, peroxide, alcohol, Imodium, Benadryl, Tylenol and Tiger Balm!
joyfulguy
18 years ago
Humbly, quietly, mightily thankful to report ...

... nothing.

Well ... band aids.

Cough medicine.

ole joyful
mtnwomanbc
18 years ago
Good for you, joyful, we really don't need much more. The rest is for modern aches and pains, and the random cut or two.
ninos
18 years ago
DH's must have........his sudoku puzzles.
It is his office!
mrsjjb
18 years ago
Mucinex - my newest fave.
Saline solution (can you tell I have sinus issues?)
band aids
cough syrup
TheraFlu

I keep the deodorant and femine products elsewhere, but of course, they're part of the deal!
kathi_mdgd
18 years ago
If you mean the medicine cabinet in the bathroom,the only thing we keep in it is the tooth paste,deodorants,shaving supplies,q tips and stuff like that.We have never in almost 45 years kept medicine in the medicine cabinet.We stopped that when the kids were small,ya know little hands and climbers!!

We keep most meds in the kitchen cabinet ,and other stuff like cold meds etc are kept in baskets in the linen closet.
Kathi
kioni
18 years ago
Kathi is right, medicines and medications shouldn't be kept in a bathroom that has a lot of humidity and warmth, diminishes the effectiveness of these things.

Every spring I buy a new fresh bottle of sunscreen and new squeeze tube of antibacterial ointment. Seems a waste, but I prefer to have a fresh one to use than one that's sat open for the year. DH insisted the bottle he stores in the truck (-30 in winter, who knows how hot it gets in summer) would be good year after year, but his neck was getting very red after being out in the sun, so I forced him to use new sunscreen, and he noticed a difference. That stuff works. Sent the kids to a summer camp one summer, and the last day they were to walk to the local outdoor pool and swim, so I spoke with the (teenage) advisors and emphasized they need to make sure my boys (and the other kids) lube up with the sunscreen well. Oh yes, for sure, they nodded. My kids came home with red burned backs, and you could see the actual hand prints, fingers included, of them applying their own sunscreen to their shoulders and reaching down to their shoulderblades.

As for me, one year I burned myself real bad on my wrist, got a big blister, and it wasn't getting better. The red area around the blister kept getting bigger even though I applied (old) antibiotic cream on it. Bought a new tube, and the next day the redness started to shrink.

Happy Holidays.
liz
18 years ago
OCEAN spray...Excedrin....Aleve...Airborne...Ibuprofin...Nyquil...Robitussin...and the ever faithful Imetrex...never without Imetrex even though it's been at least 6 months since I had a migraine...(i hope by saying this I don't bring one on!)

Neosporin..and lots of bandaids...ya never know when your son is gonna get out the chainsaw and try to cut off his kneecap...

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