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Medication
List of medications
We have been discussing our list with a doctor of the Dutch mountaineering club (NKBV). Most medication can only be obtained on prescription. Apart from the list below everyone took his own pills for headaches and other minor problems.
Complaint |
Cure |
Brand |
Dosis |
Amount we took with us |
| Acute mountain sickness (AMS) | Acetazolamide | Diamox | Twice daily 250 mg | 60 tablets 250 mg |
| Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) | Nifedipine | Lay 2 broken capsules of 10 mg under the tongue. Then start immediately with 1 tablet of 20 mg every 6 hours (only one day; descent immediately) | 8 capsules 10 mg 16 tablets 20 mg |
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| Cerebral Edema (HACE) | Dexamethason | Start with 8 mg, then 4 mg every 6 hours. Maximum 20mg per day | 30 tablets 0,5 mg 40 tablets 1,5 mg |
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| Bacterial infections | Ciprofloxacine | Antibiotics, finish treatment of 20 tablets | 40 tablets 250 mg | |
| Amoxicilline / Clavulane acid | Antibiotics, finish treatment of 20 tablets | 40 tablets 500/125 mg | ||
| Parasitic diseases / Giardiasis | Tinidazol | Fasigyn | Finish treatment | 12 tablets 500 mg |
| Lack of sleep | Temazepam | 1 capsule per night | 90 capsules 10 mg | |
| Serious pain | Diclofenac | 40 tablets 50 mg | ||
| Tramadol | 40 retard capsules 50 mg | |||
| Coughing | Noscapine | Noscapect | 20 tablets 15 mg | |
| Anaphylaxis | Adrenaline | EpiPen | 1 auto-injector 0,3 mg |
