Prepare Your Health: Personal Health Preparedness: Prescriptions

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S). Center for Preparedness and Response.
• Description:
  Many people depend on daily medications. Nearly half of Americans take at least one prescription drug, and one in four Americans take three or more medications. A pandemic or large-scale natural disaster, such as a hurricane, could make it difficult to get prescription and over-the-counter medicines so you and your family may need to rely on a prepared emergency supply.
  
  The Basics
  
  • A 7 to 10-day supply of prescription medications stored in a waterproof, childproof container.
  
  • An up-to-date list of all prescription medications, including dosage amounts and the names of their generic equivalents, medical supply needs, and known allergies.
  
  • Over-the-counter medications, including pain and fever relievers, diuretics, antihistamines, and antidiarrheal medications stored in labeled, childproof containers.
  
  • A cooler and chemical ice packs for storing and keeping medicines cold in a power outage.
  
  #PrepYourHealth
  
  www.cdc.gov/NPM2019
  
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• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Disaster Planning Drug Prescriptions Emergencies
• Document Type:
  Still Image
• Name as Subject:
  National Preparedness Month
• Genre:
  Social Media Cards
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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